China Economic ReviewChinese pharmaceutical manufacturer Desano Shanghai has begun distribution of generic drugs that combine to form an anti- Aids treatment, the first time that a low-cost version of the treatment has been available in China, AP reported. The drugs are being supplied to Henan province, which is suffering an Aids epidemic caused by unscrupulous blood buyers. […]
Tibet The non-governmental healthcare organisation Medicins sans Frontieres is withdrawing from Tibet to focus its efforts on fighting Aids throughout China, South China Morning Post said. The organisation's 40 staff in Tibet have researched and treated Kashin Beck or big bone disease and run a water sanitation project since 1990. The director of the organisation's […]
Japan's largest producer of herbal medicines, Tsumura & Co, intends to break into the Chinese market from 2006. It will start with the sale of four medicines, similar products of which are difficult to find in China, according to Nikkei. They include drugs used to control convulsions and to activate liver functions. Its joint venture […]
China's medical care sector is open to foreign investors, but low income levels and confusing regulations have so far dampened enthusiasm. In 1998, Michael Lin decided he wanted to set up a first-class medical care facility in Shanghai. The Taiwanese American businessman took over two floors of a hospital belonging to the State Power Corp, […]
The Jiangsu city of Suzhou has passed China's first local law to protect the rights of people infected with HIV. Under the law, patients and their families are guaranteed equal access to employment, education and healthcare. Employers are also banned from trying to access patients' medical records. National regulations issued in 1987 outlawed discrimination against […]