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New clinical trial reg provides path to commercialization for Chinese biomedical tech

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China's new regulation on trialing biomedical technology – approved by the State Council last month and released in full on Friday – provides a clear path from clinical trials to widespread application for the first time.
The reg covers frontier biomedical technologies like:

Cell and gene therapies...



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