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More affordable drugs offered with health care reform
25 April 2019 - China's health care reform has offered more affordable drugs for patients, said a senior health official ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2019
Can cheaper drugs help home-grown labs turn the table on foreign Big Pharma in China’s cancer treatment market?
6 April 2019 - Nearly a quarter of the world’s newly diagnosed cancer cases in 2015 were in China. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2019
Novartis first-in-class Cosentyx approved in China for psoriasis patients
2 April 2019 - China Health Authority NMPA approved Cosentyx (secukinumab) for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in adult patients who are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2019
VAT cut on ‘orphan drugs’ will lift healthcare burden, but many still struggle to afford medication
24 March 2019 - China has reduced value-added tax (VAT) by 3% on 21 orphan drugs and four active pharmaceutical ingredients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2019
China pledges stronger reform on approving, monitoring new drugs
23 March 2019 - China pledged to improve its system for registering new drugs in the country this year and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2019
A tiered health care delivery system for China
22 March 2019 - “China's health-care reform will be regarded as successful when a tiered health-care delivery system is fully ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2019
Think drugs are expensive in the U.S.? Just try China
19 March 2019 - Beijing will want pharma companies to share the pain of the country’s growing health care costs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2019
China moves to expand cancer medicine access
6 March 2019 - China's recent policy to increase patients' access to cancer medicines has helped more people receive quality ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2019
China approves first biosimilar of foreign drug, breaking Roche monopoly
27 February 2019 - China’s National Medical Products Administration announced Monday that it has approved the country's first biosimilar drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2019
China to establish collaboration network for rare disease diagnosis, treatment
18 February 2019 - China will establish a national collaborative network of hospitals for rare disease diagnosis and treatment to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2019
China pushes forward reforms to expand access to anti-cancer drugs
13 February 2019 - Life-saving anti-cancer drugs, once hard to afford or find on the market by many patients in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2019
Pfizer launches China's first pay for performance model for cancer
26 January 2019 - Pfizer launched a pay-for-performance insurance program for its breast cancer drug Ibrance palbociclib in China. The ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2019
China pharma must swallow that jagged little pill called R&D as government slashes profit margins of generic drugs
19 January 2019 - New policy environment demanding cheaper drugs adds pressure to innovate. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2019
China unveils pilot "group-buying" plan to cut drug prices
17 January 2019 - China has unveiled a pilot medicine procurement program to be tried in 11 major cities to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2019
China has a very unhealthy interest in our medical data
14 January 2019 - Chinese companies are required by law to obey directives from Beijing's intelligence agencies. So why would ...