China Economic ReviewTrials of a Chinese-developed SARS vaccine are expected to be complete by January 2005, state media reported. Scientists developing the vaccine said clinical experiments were going smoothly with the 36 volunteers who were all responding well. Clinical trials showed the volunteers suffered no more than a typical fever and some minor discomfort, with no serious […]
US-based Chindex International, which this week opened a second joint-venture hospital in China, announced plans to open a third. More ward-sized than hospital-sized, the 50-bed, US$10 million Shanghai United Family Hospital is 70% owned by Chindex; Changning District central hospital holds the balance. The company's first hospital opened in Beijing in 1997. A third is […]
State media reported that authorities shut down 46 blood-collection centers and arrested 23 dealers in a clampdown on illegal buying and selling of human blood. Blood centers face an uphill battle getting donations because of Chinese attitudes to blood giving. State employees are urged to give blood but many sidestep donations by turning to so-called […]
China is rapidly becoming an overweight nation, a government survey revealed. According to the report, obesity levels across the country almost doubled in the space of 10 years. The biggest problem is among the fast growing urban population where 12% of adults and 8% of children are considered obese, the survey said. A separate city […]
US drug giant Pfizer filed an appeal with a Chinese court against a July decision revoking its national patent on the anti-impotence drug Viagra. The challenge to the decision by China's State Intellectual Property Office was filed Tuesday with the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court with analysts carefully watching what could become a test case […]