US FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Namandjé Bumpus recently attended a biotech-themed roundtable with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and national security officials as Congress’ pulls the FDA into its worries about Chinese influence of the pharma industry.

But that clock is already ticking as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee prepares to mark-up the bill and a likely reconciliation effort with the Senate looming.

US-China tensions, the increasing importance of Singapore as a doorway to the Asia-Pacific region, growing AI innovation in South Korea and a changing clinical trials landscape in Japan are just some of the recent developments in APAC. 

Trade group’s break from WuXi Apptec allows BIO to reset its lobbying approach under its new CEO but doesn’t negate the business and supply chain disruptions that biopharma would feel from the proposed legislation.