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The Week in Review: Shanghai Pharma Active in Drug Distribution Rollup

publication date: Jan 15, 2011
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author/source: Richard Daverman, PhD
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. (SH: 601607) will acquire a 65% stake in China Health System Ltd, the third-largest drug distributor in Beijing, for 2.3 billion RMB ($353 million) (see story). The company also said it plans to spend half the proceeds of its upcoming $1.5 billion IPO on more acquisitions.

China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) (SH: 600511) will purchase 80% of an Aurobindo Pharma subsidiary in China (see story). Aurobindo is an Indian generic pharmaceutical company, and its China subsidiary makes 6-APA, a derivative of Penicillin-G that Aurobindo uses for its own antibiotic products, which are finished in India.

PPD, Inc. (NSDQ: PPDI) announced a joint venture that will extend the services of its China drug discovery division, BioDuro, to include discovery of biotherapeutics (see story). BioDuro will partner with Taijitu Biologics Limited (TBL), forming BioDuro Biologics. BioDuro plans to invest $25 million in the JV, while TBL will contribute a monoclonal antibody technology platform. PPD will own a majority stake in the JV.

New Facility Investment


United Laboratories International (HK: 3933) will invest 1 billion RMB ($150 million) to gain a foothold in China’s insulin market (see story). Last week, the company announced SFDA approval of three insulin products, bringing its total to five. The company hopes to gain a 10% share of China’s insulin market within three years.

ShangPharma (NYSE: SHP) announced the opening of a new cGMP manufacturing facility in the Shanghai suburb of Fengxian (see story). The plant will allow ShangPharma to support its clients through Phase II and Phase III trials. Previously, the CRO/CMO was limited to providing clients with product for early discovery, GLP Toxicology testing and a Phase I trial.

China Government Policy

China’s Ministry of Health has set the goal of cutting each patient’s contribution to their own healthcare costs to 30% (see story). Currently, the average individual pays 38%. The 30% target is part of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the PRC, covering the years 2011-15. This goal is in addition to the building of a basic national healthcare system that covers all citizens of China.

Zhang Jingli, who had been one of four Deputy Directors of the SFDA, was officially fired from his post, prohibited from public employment and expelled from the Communist Party (see story). Zhang has been suspended since this past summer, when rumors surfaced that he had accepted bribes. Zhang, who assumed his post in 2003, was in charge of overseeing Medical Devices.

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