China pharma firms turn to local reagent suppliers to cut costs and delivery times

China pharma firms turn to local reagent suppliers to cut costs and delivery times

By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Pharmaceutical research and development firms in China are increasingly interested in procuring critical supplies known as reagents from local manufacturers, industry executives and managers said, as they seek to cut costs and delivery times. Western reagent suppliers including U.S.-based Thermo Fisher Scientific and Germany’s Merck have profited in the world’s…

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Bans on Chinese tech could stifle European AI industry, Huawei executive warns

Bans on Chinese tech could stifle European AI industry, Huawei executive warns

A Europe-based Huawei executive has decried policies to block the Chinese tech company’s entry into certain markets and warned that this could limit the development of the European artificial intelligence industry. Tony Jin Yong, Huawei’s vice-president for Europe, said he was puzzled by measures to form “exclusive groups” among “like-minded countries”, though he did not…

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