From Wyeth/Pfizer to Jiangsu Hengrui to IMab to starting her own biotech, Joan Huaqiong Shen has seen many ups and downs of drug development in China. She sat down with Scrip on the sidelines of the recent DIA China meeting to discuss her latest startup devoted to novel small molecules to treat schizophrenia and epilepsy and a gene therapy for ALS.

A time extension to US companies to shift business away from a few Chinese firms under the proposed BIOSECURE Act has disappointed the Strides MD. However, the China plus strategy continues to drive business and capacity expansion for auto-injectors required by GLP-1 customers is expected

Former and incumbent regulatory officials from China and the European Union highlighted the need for supportive regulatory policies for the innovative drug sector at the recent DIA China annual meeting.

Industry leaders and experts at the Financial Times Pharma and Biotech Summit said the US relationship with China adds pressing risk to pharma.