West Pharmaceutical Services has opened a manufacturing facility in China. The company, which is based in Lionville, Pennnsylvania develops drug-delivery technologies. Its China facility is located in the Shanghai Qingpu Industrial Zone. It covers 129,000 square feet and employs 52 people. GenomeWeb reports that West next plans to build a plant on land adjacent to […]
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China orders 7.3m H1N1 vaccine doses
The Chinese government on Friday placed orders for 7.3 million doses of vaccine for the H1N1 strain of flu from domestic firms Sinovac Biotech and Hualan Biological, Reuters reported, citing state media. The Ministry of Information and Technology placed orders for 3.3 million 15-microgram doses from Sinovac and 4 million from Hualan. The doses will […]
Chinese drug company Sinovac won government approval Thursday for the country’s first home-grown swine flu vaccine, AFP reported. The company says the vaccine is effective after only one dose. Most experts had assumed that two doses per person would be required to provide adequate protection from A(H1N1) influenza. The World Health Organization congratulated Sinovac on […]
Chinese hospital patients have long complained of long waiting times and high drug prices. Waiting times aren’t getting any shorter, but patients can at least look forward to lower bills thanks to a new government initiative. In late August, Beijing released a list of 307 basic drugs to come under government pricing regulation as part […]
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