An Appeal From Mao Led Tu Youyou to a Nobel Prize
On October 5, 2015, 84-year-old pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou was one of three recipients...
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The Herbal Medicine “Death Sentence” in Uganda
At Think Africa Press, James Wan reports that 200,000 Ugandans have signed up for a company which...
Malaria Eradication: Cure All?
Li Guoqiao, a researcher at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, is developing a...
New Regs Could Increase Wild Animal Exploitation
The New York Times reports that wildlife management regulations proposed in China may actually...
Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future
Overuse of antibiotics on humans and livestock in both the U.S. and China is spurring the...
With Depression on the Rise, China Turns to Drugs
The Guardian reports that the use of antidepressant drugs are rising in China along with...
Censorship Vault: Pharmaceutical Fraud
The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders. Guangdong...
Fake Drug Pipeline Undercuts Malaria Progress
The Wall Street Journal examines the global trade in fake, counterfeit and otherwise substandard malaria medication, in which China and particularly Guangzhou’s African community appear to play a substantial part. From...
China’s Health Aid in Africa: Good Intentions, Bad Drugs
China Daily’s Africa edition, launched last week, is just the latest component of a long-running soft power campaign. China has been sending medical teams to Africa for almost 50 years, and has 42 currently at work around...
China’s Nobel Winners, Past and Possible
With the announcement this week of the 2012 Nobel Prizes, the BBC’s Damian Grammaticas revisits the situation of imprisoned 2010 Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia. Liu Xia remains under strict house...
China Doctors Earning $300 a Month Flock to Drug Companies
While China faces a shortage of doctors, many newly qualified physicians are abandoning the profession in favour of more lucrative careers in pharmaceutical sales. From Bloomberg: Mao [Mengjia], 26, tripled his income after...
Rural China Virus Identified
A virus which killed as many as 30% of its early victims in rural China has been tentatively identified, and is believed to be borne by ticks. From MedPage Today: Since June 2009, investigators have documented the presence of...
China Moves to Curb Health Costs
A new plan would have Beijing buy and distribute medicines at lower cost, the Financial Times reports: The measures are part of an Rmb850bn ($124bn, €88bn, £75bn) overhaul of the country’s ailing health system, aimed at securing...
China Looks to Expand Stake in Stem Cell Technology
China has plans to build a 20,000 square meter stem cell research base in Jiangsu Province. From Reuters: China will build Asia’s biggest base to develop uses for stem cell medical technology, which the health minister...
Six Chinese Die After Hospital Injection
From Reuters: Six people have died in the past 10 days after being injected with human immunoglobulin, proteins that behave like antibodies, at an eastern Chinese hospital, the official Xinhua news agency said citing local...
China’s Drug Addiction – Kathleen Kingsbury
From Time: As an oncologist, Dr. Jiang Zefei is trained to save lives. Working in China’s mediocre health system, this is rarely an easy task. Patients typically cannot afford basic care, and up-to-date medicine often isn’t even available. Recently, though, Jiang has gained an unexpected helping hand: global clinical drug trials. Lured by immense patient […]
Photo: Animals and vegetables for sale at medicine market in Xi’an
Animals and vegetables for sale at a medicine market in Xi’an, by kthypryn
U.S. Opens the Door to Chinese Pills – Nicholas Zamiska
From Wall Street Journal: When a small drug maker here got Food and Drug Administration approval for an AIDS drug this past summer, the Chinese pharmaceutical industry quietly passed an important milestone. As far as the agency can tell, it is the first time a Chinese company has won permission to export finished pills to […]
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