The number of people suffering from type 2 diabetes surged by over 30% in the past seven years to 12.6% of the population, according to a survey of 7,400 Sha
China National Tobacco, the country’s cigarette monopoly, may have taken in more profit in 2011 than commercial giants such as HSBC (HBC.NYSE, HSBA.LON, 0005
US pharmaceuticals company Pfizer (PFE.NYSE) is looking to partner with more Chinese drug companies after announcing a Chinese joint venture this week,
Over the past 10 years, China's over-the-counter (OTC) medicine market has seen rapid growth, with the market scale developing from 25.3 billion yuan ($3.97
China is set to launch a blueprint guiding pharmaceutical industry development during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) with an aim of achieving 20% year-o
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the country had 48,000 new cases in 2011; almost 82% of which had been transmitted via sexual in
China's medical instrument manufacturing sector is fraught with problems despite predictions that China will soon surpass Japan to become the world's second-
China National Biotec Group, a subsidiary of Sinopharm Group (1099.HKG), plans to raise up to US$2 billion from an initial public offering in Hong Kong,
Chinese police said they seized US$30 million in counterfeit pharmaceuticals and arrested 114 members of a counterfeit drug ring, as authorities work to show
China needs over half a million professionals trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) over the next five years, according to a government report publis
US-based General Electric (GE.NYSE) will relocate the headquarters of its X-ray devices unit to Beijing to better exploit growth in the country's health-care
China's drug regulator ordered a recall over the weekend of an antibiotic manufactured by UK-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.LON) that had
China's new rural cooperative medical care system now covers 832 million people, with rural residents getting larger reimbursements for their medical bills,
Chinese mainland's quality authorities has stepped up its ban on imports of products from Taiwan that had been contaminated by an industrial chemical used to
Pfizer (PFE.NYSE) announced Thursday that it intends to form a joint venture with Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals, a partnership that would allow the two phar
HIV and AIDS sufferers in China are routinely being refused medical treatment in mainstream hospitals because of fear and ignorance about the sickness, accor
