China (PRC)

China is encouraging foreign investment into the pharmaceutical distribution industry by lifting previously entrenched barriers in ‘restricted’ categories in the field. Given that the government is additionally taking steps to reduce drug prices down the distribution chain, foreign manufacturers are electing to cut out the middleman and establish their own distribution business with a view to maxing out on profits. Jack Wang and Ma Ya of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer take us through the government’s efforts to boost foreign investment and consolidate the drug distribution industry in the PRC.

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