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10k: The number of organ transplants performed in China each year, of the 1.5 million needed

Source: State Media

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GE moving X-ray unit HQ to Beijing

US-based General Electric (GE.NYSE) will relocate the headquarters of its X-ray devices unit to Beijing to better exploit growth in the country’s health-care market, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to statements made by Anne LeGrande, vice president and general manager of GE Healthcare Global X-Ray, the subsidiary has already begun transferring senior management, and […]

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GlaxoSmithKline recalls tainted medicine from mainland

China’s drug regulator ordered a recall over the weekend of an antibiotic manufactured by UK-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.LON) that had been shown to contain traces of a banned plasticizer, state media reported. Tests showed that amoxicillin and clavulante potassium produced by GSK contained traces of Di-isodecyl phthalate, used to make plastics more flexible, according […]

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Pfizer and Zhejiang Hisun to set up generics venture

Pfizer (PFE.NYSE) announced Thursday that it intends to form a joint venture with Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals, a partnership that would allow the two pharmaceutical companies to collaborate on manufacturing and marketing branded generics in China, Dow Jones reported. The memorandum of understanding states that both companies could contribute certain existing products and other relevant assets […]

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China Sky One Medical

This traditional Chinese medicine peddler’s results are too good to be true