Recent Change of Healthcare, Health Insurance and Social Security Policy in China and in the World

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY ISSUE DISCUSSED AT THE EUROPEAN BUSINESS SUMMIT 2014 Europe’s pharmaceutical industry employs around 700,000 people and stands for 17% of Europe’s investments in research and development. The industry is trying to increase the EU’s industrial GDP target and the EU should make this goal a priority to keep a sustainable environment for the industry, as representatives stated at the European Business Summit 2014 on Thursday 15 May.
CHINESE PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SECTOR AS (…)

CHALLENGES FOR PRIVATE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENTS INTO CHINESE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY Despite the recent global financial crisis, China’s economic growth is still surpassing expectations as the world’s fastest growing economy. As a function of China’s overall economic growth, the country’s pharmaceutical industry has also experienced a surge over the past decade.
THE UK NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE SHOULD MAKE A BETTER USE OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR The National Health Service (NHS) is facing a deep (…)

UK: TOWARDS STANDARDIZED PACKAGING FOR CIGARETTES Since tobacco advertising became illegal in the UK in 2002, tobacco companies have invested a fortune in branded packaging to attract new smokers. Most of these new smokers are children and youngsters.
KEY FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL BRAZILIAN AIDS/HIV POLICY Compared to other developing countries, Brazil had an early response to the challenge of escalating of this epidemic and has continued to tackle AIDS effectively. The most important elements (…)