For more information about the pharmaceutical registration timeline and process in China, please see Pharmaceutical and API Product Registration in China. You are welcome to use or share this infographic online or in your presentations and papers, as long as you include credits to Pacific... Read More
For more information about the regulatory system for drugs in China, please see Pharmaceutical and API Product Registration in China. You are welcome to use or share this infographic online or in your presentations and papers, as long as you include credits to Pacific... Read More
China is the 3rd largest pharmaceutical market globally. The market continues to grow fast, but it is still a self-pay market. Generics dominate the market by volume with lower price, and the market share of value keeps growing. There is often one... Read More
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China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), has been announcing plans to boost the development of its domestic medical device industry in recent months. A great part of this effort will be advocating for Chinese hospitals — particularly large, top level... Read More
亚太经合组织（APEC）峰会于2014年11月10-11日在北京举行。在峰会上，美国总统奥巴马宣布，美国和中国就扩大目前的信息技术协议达成一致，决定取消所有协议内所列的信息技术产品的税收和关税。此次扩大的协议将覆盖更多的产品，其中包括目前按照8％税率征收关税的医疗器械产品。 过去一年多，为了鼓励中国国内市场的发展，中国拒绝削减产品关税，因为这会有利于美国公司。最近发生的事件预示着美中谈判的突破，对于美国医疗器械公司的发展是一个积极的信号。白宫简报预计，协议的此次扩展将削减约1万亿美元科技产品年全球销售额的关税，其中1000亿来自美国。 Read More
中国的国家卫生和计划生育委员会（NHFPC），在最近几个月已宣布一系列促进国内医疗器械行业的发展在计划。这项工作的很大一部分将倡导中国的医院 – 尤其是大型、顶级医院 – 使用本地生产的产品，而不是购买进口产品，这一计划将对外国医疗器械公司产生损害。 目前，中国市场上供应给各大医院的医疗器械产品是以美国，欧洲和日本等外资公司的产品为主，而中国国内的医疗器械生产企业的产品大多供应给小型的中国医院。 Read More
The key stakeholders who are involved in drug approvals in China are: Drug manufacturers Distributors Central government: various agencies Provincial government: various agencies Hospitals: various classes and levels KOLs and physicians For more information about the regulatory framework in China, please see Pharmaceutical and... Read More
CHINESE DEMAND FOR CANCER MEDICAL DEVICES China has the second largest medical device market in Asia, valued at more than $14 billion with an annual growth rate near 15%. The device market is expected to double by 2025. At the same time,... Read More
Cancer is growing very quickly in China. At the same time, Chinese citizens are becoming wealthier and demanding higher quality medical products and services. Thus, Western medical device companies marketing their cancer products in China are seeing rapidly increasing demand. Western medical... Read More