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560: The number of people in China who died of swine flu in 2009

Source: Sohu

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Roche sees China making half of its Asia sales

Roche Holding sees China drug sales accounting for half of its total pharmaceutical revenue from the Asia-Pacific region within the next three years due to the country’s higher income levels and healthcare reforms, Bloomberg reported. Luke Miels, Roche’s head of Asia Pacific pharmaceuticals unit said sales in China climbed over 20% last year to US$743 […]

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Shanghai people live longer

The people of Shanghai had an average life span of 81.73 years in 2009, up from 81.28 set in 2008.

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Inclusive list of medicine published

China’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has released an inclusive list of guides, descriptions and illustrations of medicine use as guidance for doctors in writing prescriptions. It is the first state-level list of its kind in the country.

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Well-off Chinese travel to Taiwan for nip and tuck

A new wave of affluent Chinese are eager to fit some nips and tucks into their trips to Taiwan, where they can expect to find better medical staff and facilities than back home.