Clinical Research in Asia

Preface

As the first text on Chinese Internet law, this book will be particularly valuable for legal, business, and communication professionals, academics, and students who are concerned with the regulation of the Internet and related activities in China.

With rapid commercialisation in the last decade, major pharma companies expanded their operations in Asian countries. The initial objective had a clear-cut commercial mandate: to enter these emerging economies to market their products. While these big pharmaceutical and biotech companies saw a huge patient pool with Western-style diseases, their commercial objectives compelled them, for regulatory reasons and otherwise, to undertake clinical research on a low scale and help develop the regulatory ...