IMA looks to China as Western markets fail to pick up

Italian processing machinery company IMA Group has decided to increase its investment in a Chinese joint venture to tap into

Scorpion gene gives plants a sting in their tail

Chinese scientists have inserted scorpion and moth genes into oilseed rape (canola) plants to make them poisonous to insects

Indian drug firms fear Chinese generics in U.S.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Indian generic drug firms may have made it big in the United States, but their advantage cou

TCM gets a foreign look

BEIJING, Aug. 3 -- Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is no longer alien to people outside China, with acupuncture and massa

Profiteering medical service slammed

Chinese Health Minister Gao Qiang has slammed some medical services that blindly pursue profit even at the expense of the pu

China takes temperoary anti-dumping measures on imported food additive

GUIYANG, June 4 (Xinhuanet) -- China has progressed in its efforts to modernize traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by the ap

China to assess cancer risks of contractive pills

Chinas food and drug watchdog has started to collect material on negative reaction of contraceptive pills following a WHO ca

Experts say integration of Chinese, western medicine to prolong AIDS patients lives

Chinese herbalists say Chinese and western therapies have proven complementary in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and integration

US pharmaceutical firm accused of trademark infringement in China

A Chinese company, Henan Shuaike Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. lodged a lawsuit against Warner Health Products, an American phar

New hepatitis B vaccine ready to enter market

CHONGQING, Aug. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinas first self-developed hepatitis B vaccine has gone through clinical testing and is re

SARS vaccine approved for human trials

BEIJING, Aug. 6 -- A SARS vaccine developed by a Beijing-based inspection and quarantine body is now being tested in clinica

Gaps within trouble health sector

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Gaps in Chinas current health systems have rendered the countrys health work generally unharm

VWR Inc. Opens Office in Shanghai, China to Strengthen Customer Support in Region

WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, August 8 /PRNewswire/ -- VWR International, Inc., a leader in the global research laboratory ind

China welcomes Indian IT, pharmaceutical sectors

Chinese industry on Monday called upon their Indian counterparts to improve trade relations between the two countries, and u

MedMira Establishes Joint Venture in China

Deal links MedMira with one of Chinas leading and oldest pharmaceutical companies HALIFAX, Aug. 9 /CNW/ -

YaSheng masters gene cloning process fueling FMD vaccine hopes

The YaSheng Group, a Chinese industrial giant from Lanzhou, Gansu Province, announced today that it had mastered a gene clon

Beijing Med-Pharm Corporations Acquisition of Beijing Wanwei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Posted to China Beijing Equity Exchange

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2005--Beijing Med-Pharm Corporation (BJGP.PK) today announced it has been n

China creates its 1st cloned pig

Chinas first pig cloned from a body cell. China announced Monday that the cloned pig, weighing 1.13 kilograms, was born in H

China creates digital dummy for medical research

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese scientists have created the first Chinese male digital dummy, based on data about yo

OUTSOURCING TO TURN RED?China wants to do an India

NEW YORK, AUGUST 12: Chinas outsourcing companies are aiming to replicate the success of their Indian rivals to attract a la

Lilly scouts hot Chinese market

Drug maker urges country to crack down on fake pills By Ted Evanoff and J.K. Wall BEIJING -- W

Lilly finds low-cost labor in China

Drug maker opened research center that operates at savings compared with Indy. By Ted Evanoff BEIJIN

Eli Lilly confident on resolution of China patent dispute

SHANGHAI (AFX) - US drugs maker Eli Lilly & Co said it is confident the government can resolve a patent dispute between

Exports of medicine & health products grow 30 pct

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- In the first half of this year, China exported medicine and health products worth 7.3 billio

Lilly eyes R&D for sales rise

BEIJING, Aug. 18 -- Eli Lilly & Company, one of the worlds leading pharmaceutical companies, expects to double or triple

A New Lab Partner For The U.S.?

Chinas rapid rise in science could make it a valuable ally in breakthrough research On a July afternoon, China

Chinas technological capacity beginning to climb

SHENZHEN, China _ Perhaps as soon as October, a Long March rocket will thrust a spaceship into Earths orbit carrying two Chi

YaSheng develops lysozyme DNA technology as antibiotics alternative

The YaSheng Group has achieved a breakthrough in lysozyme DNA technology, according to a statement by the China-based indust

Eli Lilly, Novell pour cash into China R&D

BEIJING - Multinational corporations are increasingly realizing that China is not just a vast market or even a production ba