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September 2007

China is carving out a niche in the pharma outsourcing market while local developers still wait for lift off

With America caught up in a credit crunch causing the subprime lending crisis, August didn’t seem a particularly good month to list on the New York Stock Exchange. No one told this to Wuxi Pharmatech, a Shanghai-based pharmaceuticals and biotechnology firm.

Having raised US$185 million through its initial public offering, Wuxi then saw its share price open 30%, up on a day when Wall Street plunged.

Industry watchers believe the strong reception for China’s ...

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