Big Pharma's China deal spree grows with latest tie-up worth up to $7.8 billion
Western biopharma companies are increasingly turning to China to source innovation, as pharma's dreaded "patent cliff" draws closer.


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Western biopharma companies are increasingly turning to China to source innovation, as pharma's dreaded "patent cliff" draws closer.

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