China Medipharm Insights  

ISSUE 10, MARCH 1997

CONTENT:

FEATURE ARTICLE

Analysis of China's Pharmaceutical Imports Over Two Decades

MARKET ANALYSIS

Analysis on the Characteristics of Drug Consumption in Shanghai

ANECDOTE

Piroxicam Episode - Back From Death

MEDICINE CONSUMPTION

Analysis on Drug Consumption in 8 Major Cities

COMPANY PROFILE

Another JV by Chia Tai; Allergan (Hangzhou) Constructed; India's Ranbaxy Expands Stake Share in Its Chinese JV; Jinzhou Oldtrees Packaging Machinery Formed; Zhejiang Pharmaceutical Co. Commences Operation; Swedish SCA Molnlycke Sets Up Beijing Office; Yueyang Kangshen Pharm Group Established; China Pharm Set Up; Succhi Pharm Group Formed; ZhongMeiHuaDong Pharm Building Another Six Plants; Hangzhou Foreign-Invested Pharm Enterprises Honored; Drug Traders Ranking Released; Sanming Pharmaceutical Group Established; Asian Largest Yeast Line into Trial Production; Luoyang Baima to Acquire Minsheng;

PRODUCT NEWS

Azlocillin Injection Marketed; Yigankang Exported to South Korea; Chinese Ant Queen Jelly Launched in US; Dongchen Launches Lecithin Pills; Nystatin Into Formal Production; 2-Pyrrolidone Produced in Heilongjiang Province; US SciClone Pharma Launches ZADAXIN(R) in China; Penicillin V Oral Tablet; Naproxen Sustained Release Tablet Obtains NDC; Kuhuang Injection for Hepatitis B Launched; Capreomycin Project Under Construction in Guangxi; Ampicillin Trihydrate Developed in Lukang; New Monitor Passed Appraisal; Shengxue Brand Glucose Obtains New Product Certificate; Breakthrough in R&D of Paclitaxel; Medical Instruments Registered in Suzhou; Tianjin Obstetric Table Wins Bidding;

LOCAL NEWS

Shanghai Sets Up Medical Engineering Research Institute; Shanghai Sets Goals For Medical Economy Development; Zhejiang Plans For Pharmaceutical Development; Zhejiang Province Stresses R&D of Marine Medicines; Zhejiang Tumor Hospital Limits Hospital Fees; Network in Beijing Friendship Hospital; Campaign Against Hepatitis; Guizhou Utilizes Foreign Government Loans; Nantong Reforms Healthcare Insurance System; Beijing Medical Industry Gains; Two Innovation Projects Receive Green Light; Chinese Provinces Report Growth in Pharmaceutical Sector

NEWS IN BRIEF

China will Intensify Reform in The Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Food Symbol Authorized by MPH; Hong Kong and China's Inland Co-develop Bio-Medicine; Sino-American Satellite Seminar to be Held; Qualities of Medical Devices; US SK&B Donates Chinese CVI Programme; Novo Nordisk Sets Up Scholarships in Universities; Japanese Santen Establishes Scholarship; Export of Medical Devices Saw Double-Digit Growth in 1996;