China Medipharm Insights  

ISSUE NO.11, APRIL 1, 1997

CONTENT:

• DEVICE MARKET

Market Prospects For Medical Devices In China

• FEATURE ARTICLE

Japanese Drugmakers' Participation In Chinese Market

• PRACTICAL GUIDANCE

Intellectual Property Protection For Medicines In China

• ADMINISTRATIVE PROTECTION

Approval Announcements Granting Administrative Protection

• NEW DRUG APPROVAL

MOH's Approvals For New Western Preparations Made From Imported Raw Materials In 1996

• PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET

Medical Exports Resumed Increase In January; Medical Expense Will Keep On Increasing In 1997; Medicine Supply; 10 Bulk Chemicals Export Well; Demand For Clycocin Increases Dramatically; Human Albumin Outstrips The Pricing Control; Vitamin C Still In Slump; The State Reports A 106% Retail Price Index Of Medicines

• PRODUCT NEWS

10 TCM Products Exploit US Market; Lomefloxacin Obtained NDC; Felodipine; Injectable Sorbitol; Longjin Launched Cough Tablet; Isosorbide Nitrate Spray; Anti-Hepatitis B Drug; Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate Syrup; Two Drugs Launched; New Cardiovascular Patch; Flavone Glycoside Exported To US; Local Anesthetic; A Liquid Crystal Diagnostic Device

• COMPANY PROFILE

A USFDA Regulations Consultant Firm; North China Pharm Cooperates with Meiji Seika; First Genetic Engineering Vaccine JV; Beijing Wandong Passed ISO-9001 Certification; Beijing Siemens Passed ISO-9002 Certification; Shanghai Pharma Group Formed to Deal With Cefazolin; Chinese Enterprises Marching Towards Brazil; Beijing Daxiang Pharm; Beijing Zhonglin United Pharm; "999" Brand Leads Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry; North China "Huabei" Brand Worth US$272 million; Medicine Trade Company of Xinhua Pharm; Lukang Supports Its Penicillin Project By Listing; Hubei Hengdi Pharm; Two Hangzhou JVs Regarded As Advanced Technical Enterprises; Guangzhou Hongyuan Set Up R&D Center; Dier Pharm; Gaitianli Expands Production of Ca-Preparation; Gaitianli Expands Cardiovascular Project; Kangli Pharm Constructs New Injection Line; Nanjing Tianshu Becomes Largest Natural Carotene Producer; Lanzhou Foci TCM Group; Herbal Medicine Factory; Yadong Ranked In The Provincial Largest Production Enterprises; Guizhou Zhongtian Will Establish A Ginkgo Plantation Novartis Funds Chinese Research Project

• NEWS IN BRIEF

New Drug R&D Project; Key Pharmaceutical Technical Renovation Projects; State Research Center For Natural Medicine; Blue Cross -- Mark Of Chinese Health Institutions; Green Cross Symbol For Drugstores; Successful Healthcare Reform; Shanghai Packaging Industry; Target For Liaoning Drugmakers; Inspection On Medicine Price; Top 50 TCM Producers; Jiangsu Pharma Industry; Sino-American Satellite Seminar; Tianjin Sets Goals For 1997; 31 Health Food Allowed To Launch In Shanghai; Leprosy Basically Eradicated; Marine Drug Center; 35 New Products in Anhui; Target For Jilin's Pharmaceuticals; Obesity In Shanghai; Chinese Biologicals Producers Need To Expand The Production Scale; Hubei To Form Amino Acid Technology Center