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Ex-contractor puts BGI on the spot with suicide threat
Sep 28, 2018 (WiC 426)

“I decided to leave on September 22, the second anniversary of the China National GeneBank. I am prepared to die on this day in the most sublime manner. I will live-stream how I jump off the tower. Perhaps nobody will be watching the broadcast ...

Fosun Pharma calls for calm after more allegations about malpractice
Sep 7, 2018 (WiC 423)

Better short-lived pain than a long one, is the “tough love” that The Economist magazine said China’s drugs regulator sees as the necessary path to upgrading the local pharmaceutical industry. That remark was heard by the China head of ...

Resignations and arrests in the aftermath of Changsheng vaccine scandal
Aug 24, 2018 (WiC 421)

The latest reshuffle of Hong Kong’s blue-chip stock index earned a mixed reaction last month. The departure of Bank of East Asia, Singtao Daily reported, was “an unexpected one” given the lender’s market capitalisation is greater than ...

The most talked about topic in China right now is a vaccine scandal
Jul 27, 2018 (WiC 419)

The Happy Dairy Commune was established in 1956 in a village in Hebei’s Shijiazhuang. It initially had 32 cows. Its long-serving chairwoman Tian Wenhua first joined as a vet in 1966 but by 1983 Happy Dairy had been licenced as one of just three ...

China banks on drug reform for affordable healthcare
Jul 20, 2018 (WiC 418)

In the first decades after it gained independence in 1947, India had little influence over the global pharmaceutical market. Imports made up nearly 90% of its drug consumption, while local prices for medicines were among the highest on ...

Yestar to IPO on the back of plastic surgery craze
Jul 6, 2018 (WiC 416)

Two actresses climbed the celebrated steps at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. One was Fan Bingbing, one of China’s most famous stars. The other was Fan Bingbing too, or at least that is what many news outlets were erroneously reporting when ...

SF Express sets out to prove Jack Ma wrong as it pushes into pharma
May 25, 2018 (WiC 410)

"Many logistics firms have gone public. But I could not see any difference in them before and after their listings, except [their bosses] becoming one of the richest tycoons, which is meaningless,” Alibaba’s Jack Ma declared, as he chided ...

Shares of Viagra’s China alternative soar then plummet
May 25, 2018 (WiC 410)

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer discovered its solution to erectile dysfunction (ED) by accident. According to company legend, Pfizer was investigating the application of sildenafil citrate as a treatment for high blood pressure but discovered it ...

CSPC Pharmaceutical displaces Lenovo in HSI
May 18, 2018 (WiC 409)

When it went public in Hong Kong in 1994, CSPC Pharmaceutical Group was known as China Pharmaceutical Group. At that time whenever a firm had ‘China’ at the front of its name, that ‘national’ trademark usually suggested it was the ...

Good Doctor makes stock market debut as Xiaomi files for Hong Kong IPO
May 4, 2018 (WiC 407)

For a long time companies needed three consecutive years of profit before they could apply for a listing on Hong Kong’s main bourse. This rule was amended in 2004 to make way for “large corporations” with market values higher than HK$4 ...

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