Rare But Real: How One Startup Is Willing Itself To Lift China Orphan Drug Market
Executive Summary
As a promising market for orphan drugs, China has seen several approvals in this space in the past six months, mostly from multinationals. But Beijing-based CANbridge believes that a smaller biotech also has a good shot at a leadership role, despite a lack of funding and reimbursement and prickly pricing issues.
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