How China is shaking up the world of pharmaceuticals | CNA Correspondent

China is fast becoming a global leader in producing cutting-edge medicine, with nearly half of the world’s new drugs in testing now emerging from its labs. But can it replicate in pharmaceuticals what it has achieved in electric vehicles and robotics with faster and cheaper innovation? CNA Senior Correspondent Tan Yew Guan joins Otelli Edwards in this week’s episode of the CNA Correspondent podcast to explore China’s biotech ambitions and its push to make breakthrough treatments both accessible and affordable.

Highlights:
00:59 China’s pharma sector is a rising powerhouse
03:58 Drug innovation in China has outpaced the rest of the world
09:27 Why Chinese biotech firms are licensing out their drugs to global pharma giants
12:22 Chinese labs moving into the discovery and experimental stages
15:37 Making sure medicine remain affordable
16:56 Role of AI in pharmaceuticals

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