Beijing laid out more details of its universal health care plan at a State Council meeting on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported. The government wants to increase the number of urban residents covered by basic medical insurance to 390 million, up from by 318 million. It also wants to include 6.07 million retirees […]
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Henan-based pharmaceutical company Hualan Biological Engineering claimed yesterday that it has developed a vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu, the South China Morning Post reported. The vaccine could be on the market in months, said Pan Ruowen, deputy director of Hualan. "We need to conduct 13 tests to ensure the vaccines are safe and effective," […]
China’s first national level medical high-tech industrial development zone has been established in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province. The industrial base will be totally self-contained and, as a result, internationally competitive. English People’s Daily Online reports this high-tech zone will have five industrial bases dealing with vaccine, chemical compound medicines, biomedicine and Chinese ready-made medicines as well […]
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Abundance of caution
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