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Lawmakers signal willingness to counter China’s biotech gains

Lawmakers on a bipartisan House panel conveyed they are ready to tackle China’s growing dominance in the development of new medicines and the ingredients that underpin the generic drug market.

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Lawmakers on a bipartisan House panel conveyed they are ready to tackle China’s growing dominance in the development of new medicines and the ingredients that underpin the generic drug market.

During a Wednesday hearing of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, witnesses including Strand Therapeutics CEO Jake Becraft and 8VC partner Francisco Gimenez described China’s growing share of the global clinical trial ecosystem. The core reason for the shift, they said, was that getting human data in the US takes too long and is too costly compared to China, where it is cheaper and quicker to accrue.

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