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Review
. 2008 Jan;26(1):37-53.
doi: 10.1038/nbt0108-37.

Chinese health biotech and the billion-patient market

Sarah E Frew  1 , Stephen M Sammut, Alysha F Shore, Joshua K Ramjist, Sara Al-Bader, Rahim Rezaie, Abdallah S Daar, Peter A Singer
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Review

Chinese health biotech and the billion-patient market

Sarah E Frew et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2008 Jan.

Abstract

Chinese government support and 'sea turtles' are spurring the sector, but investors lack exits.

Supplementary information: The online version of this article (doi:10.1038/nbt0108-37) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Conflict of interest statement

Peter Singer has been the recipient of consulting funds from Merck Frosst Canada. Stephen Sammut is affiliated with Burrill & Co., an international biotechnology venture capital firm with activities in China. He does not have a direct economic stake in the firm's activities in China.

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Contract research organization WuXi PharmaTech's global strategy has attracted a number of international clients. The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:WX) in 2007.
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Jason Genfa Zhou, chairman of FusoGen Pharmaceuticals, is among several of China's sea turtles—scientists and entrepreneurs returning to China—to start innovative companies after training or working abroad. Pictured from left to right: Sarah Frew, Jason Genfa Zhou and Peter Singer.
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A hutong in Beijing: with a population of over 1 billion, China's health burden is significant and will continue to grow as workers migrate to urban centers.
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