Health regulators in China are soliciting public feedback on a proposed policy change that would allow doctors at public hospitals to open their own clinics to increase the supply and improve the quality of medical services. The proposed change comes nearly two years after regulators moved to loosen control of doctors at public hospitals. According […]
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Chinese companies have announced more than $5.2 billion of overseas health-care acquisitions this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, a fifteen-fold jump from 2012. Among the most prominent deals, Humanwell Healthcare Group, a Chinese maker of anesthetics and contraceptives, bought US-based generic drug maker Epic Pharma for $550 million. Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, backed […]
As incomes rise, many mainland residents are seeking out better quality care than that provided by public hospitals. According to the South China Morning Post, they want easier ways to book appointments, shorter waits and greater individual attention from doctors. The demand is expected to drive the market to 1.1 trillion yuan in 2020 from […]
China’s medical community is expecting a shake-up of healthcare in the wake of a high-level national health conference over the weekend, according to the South China Morning Post. The conference on Friday and Saturday was attended not only by President Xi Jinping and his colleagues from the powerful Communist Party Politburo, but also by heads […]
China is facing an epidemic of heart disease brought on by a shift toward the Western lifestyle, the South China Morning Post reports. Research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology is based on the first large study of its kind to analyze a range of risk factors in China over multiple […]