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After several years of drafting and three rounds of public consultation, the Ministry of Health has at last published the revised Good Supply Practice for Pharmaceutical Products (Revised GSP Standards) (药品经营质量管理规范) on 22 January 2013. The Revised GSP Standards...

Recent years have seen acquisitions become a common element of any growth strategy for multinationals engaged in China's pharmaceutical market.  At least half of the top 10 multinationals in China appear to be actively pursuing one or more targets with...

On 14 June 2012 Hong Kong's Legislative Council voted to enact Hong Kong's first cross-sector competition law, the Competition Ordinance (CO). The prohibitions in the law are expected to come into effect when the new Competition Commission and Tribunal...

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCI Act"), enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, is intended to create an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that can be demonstrated to be biosimilar to,...

In this overview, we explain the current practices and procedures that have developed under China's Anti-Monopoly Law, the accompanying Regulations on Notification Thresholds for Concentrations between Undertakings (the Implementation Regulations), as well...

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Despite current uncertainty, Asia Pacific M&A advisers are predicting relatively positive prospects for the region's acquisition markets in the year ahead. Most respondents to this year's Clifford Chance/Finance Asia M&A Survey expect an increase in the...

Editors: Alex Nourry, Chris Worrall, Christopher Duff and Chandralekha Ghosh  In this issue: European Union In-depth investigation - Deutsche Börse / NYSE Euronext. The European Commission has decided to open an in-depth Phase II investigation...

In this edition, we focus on off-label drug use and promotion, and provide a comparative analysis of China's legal regime with other jurisdictions in Europe and the US. In addition to our lead article, we have included two further legal updates on Good...

In August 2011, China issued new provisions for its national security review system. These provisions cover procedure and reflect MOFCOM's latest instructions on the process and timeline for submitting applications for national security review, and should...