Category: China

JGrimes
The U.S. isn’t the only country where the idea of universal health care is a subject of debate. Now China’s government has unveiled a controversial plan to achieve universal care that would both increase health-care funding and control prices.
As this morning’s WSJ explains, the proposed plan would be quite a shift for China. […]

JGrimes
Recent problems with tainted products from China, including the blood-thinner heparin and toys with lead paint on them, have meant increased pressure on the FDA to keep an eye on products before they leave that country and head for the U.S. Lawmakers recently pushed to get the agency more money for foreign inspections.
Now, […]

JGrimes
Fungus free, 2,200 years later.
(Photo: NCImaging/Newscom)
Even if you’re a 2,200 year old Chinese warrior assigned to fight demons in the afterlife, athlete’s foot can be a pesky problem. Lucky for you, Johnson & Johnson knows a thing or two about athlete’s foot — and is eager to curry favor with the Chinese government.
Now […]

SFini
An American company is trying to popularize Western-style hospitals that cater to the elite in China. But it faces significant hurdles when it comes to getting the Chinese to pay for its services.
Chindex International, a Bethesda, Md., company featured in today’s Washington Post, has opened hospitals and clinics where foreign physicians and some […]

JMongeon
Growing in emerging markets like China is a major goal these days in the drug industry, but the best strategy to reach doctors in the sprawling, heterogeneous Middle Kingdom isn’t clear.
AstraZeneca decided six years ago to shun the big cities that most of its competitors focused on, and instead cultivate relationships with […]

JMongeon
Growing in emerging markets like China is a major goal these days in the drug industry, but the best strategy to reach doctors in the sprawling, heterogeneous Middle Kingdom isn’t clear.
AstraZeneca decided six years ago to shun the big cities that most of its competitors focused on, and instead cultivate relationships with […]

Lydene
Turns out Scientific Protein Laboratories, the company that found itself in the middle of the heparin scare earlier this year, was founded by Oscar Mayer.
The hot dog king was apparently interested in profiting from the whole pig, and he started the company to make use of the animal byproducts of his food empire, […]

Lydene
There are more men than women in China. That’s usually attributed to a cultural preference for boys, which leads in some cases to selective abortion or even infanticide.
But a few years back a young economist made a name for herself by arguing that the viral liver infection hepatitis B played a major role […]

Jacob Goldstein
There are more men than women in China. That’s usually attributed to a cultural preference for boys, which leads in some cases to selective abortion or even infanticide.
But a few years back a young economist made a name for herself by arguing that the viral liver infection hepatitis B played a major […]

Jacob Goldstein
The FDA got another tongue lashing from Rep. John Dingell yesterday, who seems frustrated that the agency isn’t clamoring for more money to inspect foreign manufacturing plants.
“Our citizens can no longer trust that their food, drugs or medical devices are safe when the FDA says they are,” Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, said […]