In contrast, the patent statute in the United States ... Among the more than 250,000 applications filed between 1985 and 1999, Chinese herbal medicines, foodstuffs, and pharmaceuticals were ...

In recent months China’s progress in artificial intelligence has stunned the world. A quieter yet equally significant shift ...

China's healthcare regulator on Sunday defended the efficacy of off-patent medicines it had approved to be distributed through the country's public hospitals, saying an investigation into quality ...

If these laws proceed, they will restrict access to essential remedies and severely limit consumer choice,' says Canadian ...

China has applied to patent a drug candidate being developed by Gilead Sciences as the government rushes to find the cure for the deadly coronavirus, a move that could raise questions on ...

Because of expiring drug patents, they stand to lose as much ... In November Merck paid $588m to LaNova Medicines, another Chinese biotech firm, to secure rights to a therapy similar to that ...