Healthcare & Life Sciences in China – Towards Growing Collaboration
Healthcare & life sciences in China – Towards growing collaboration KPMG Healthcare and Life Sciences kpmg.com/cn Introduction Healthcare and life sciences industry is a broad one and involves a wide range of disciplines. In this report, we mainly focus on three sub-sectors in China — pharmaceuticals, medical devices and drug distribution. Developments in these three segments have the potential to impact global trends and enhance the quality of life of China’s citizens. Healthcare and life sciences in China is in the midst of Now, healthcare and life sciences in China is poised for hyper growth. The industry has transformed itself from a significant paradigm shift, with foreign and domestic a loose grouping of inward looking domestic companies companies eyeing each other’s territories. In future, it into an aggressive player with a global impact. Fueled is possible that both will compete in similar markets, by the government’s ambitious healthcare targets and but, despite intensified competition, there will also be a policy backing, domestic and multinational companies greater degree of collaboration and consolidation. are enthusiastically positioning themselves as vital links Foreign enterprises are determined to harness the in the global life science supply chain. vast potential of smaller cities, towns and grassroots As the pace and volume of activity picks up, enterprises markets and to penetrate the lower-end segment. To are behaving in a more mature and far-sighted manner. jumpstart this process, they need to collaborate with Healthcare & life sciences sub sectors are characterised local companies who have strong market penetration by rapidly expanding sales in pharmaceuticals and and formidable regional networks.
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