{"id":89006,"date":"2018-02-14T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=61d41718b63e7ed320a9ff1b433b9f82"},"modified":"2018-02-14T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T09:56:00","slug":"press-release-strong-uk-china-collaborations-in-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=89006","title":{"rendered":"News story: Strong UK-China collaborations in healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>It has been a momentous month for healthcare agreements between the UK and China, with the announcement of numerous collaborations by UK companies in healthcare and life sciences with their Chinese partners.<\/p>\n<p>Over \u00a3500 million of healthcare and life science deals were signed in the visit by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for International Trade.<\/p>\n<p>The deals signify the closer working between the UK and China to develop faster, safer and more effective diagnostics, therapeutics and healthcare services.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"future-of-medicine-signings\">Future of Medicine signings<\/h2>\n<p>The Secretary of State witnessed UK-China deal signings at the Future of Medicine event in Beijing, China. The event celebrated the future of medicine through stronger relationships between our 2 countries in personalised medicine, artificial intelligence and digital health.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech delivered to leading Chinese healthcare companies, the Secretary of State said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Advances in medicine and technology are opening up new opportunities to manage and cure disease. Today accelerated access programs bring novel therapies to patients faster than ever before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">New technologies and advancements cannot be developed in isolation though. To successfully help a population they need to be integrated into the infrastructure of a country\u2019s healthcare system. This is an exciting challenge facing both the UK and China, tackled through greater collaboration during this golden era.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"other-recent-signings\">Other recent signings<\/h2>\n<p>Other signings witnessed by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State include deals between China\u2019s Food and Drug Administration and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency\">UK Medicine and Health Products Regulatory Authority<\/a>, and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tpp-uk.com\/\">TPP<\/a> and First Chengmei Medical add weight to the increasingly strong relationship between UK-China healthcare companies.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the stage with the former NHFPC Vice Minister Jin Xiaotao, the Secretary of State said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The UK has a population of approximately 65 million, the size of one Chinese province. With a population of 1.4 billion the data that can be generated through health care collaborations in China has a huge global worth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"list-of-signings\">List of Signings<\/h2>\n<p>The full list of the healthcare and life sciences deal signings, in conjunction with the Prime Minister\u2019s and Secretary of State\u2019s visit are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trin.cam.ac.uk\/\">Trinity College Cambridge<\/a> and Tus-Holdings: Tus-Holdings signed an agreement to invest over 200 million into the Cambridge Science Park<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astrazeneca.co.uk\/\">AstraZeneca<\/a> China and Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems signed an agreement to work together to tackle counterfeit drugs on the e-commerce platform<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/\">The University of Manchester<\/a> and Peking University Health Science Center signed an agreement to cooperate in the areas of Biology, Medicine and Health and to extend collaboration on a new Joint Technological Platform for biomarker discovery<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/medopad.com\/\">Medopad<\/a> and Peking University Smart Health Lab signed an agreement to work together to configure new care models and patient monitoring solutions<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/medopad.com\/\">Medopad<\/a> and China Resources Guokang (Shanghai) Pharmaceutical Co. signed a contract to transform how patients with chronic and high cost diseases are cared for<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congenica.com\/\">Congenica<\/a> and Digital China Health signed a MOU on genomic data analytics research and development to implement a medical big data strategy in China<\/li>\n<li>Beijing UniteGen Co. Ltd signed an agreement to expand the existing commercial deal with <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congenica.com\/\">Congenica<\/a> to provide genomic diagnosis solutions for Chinese rare disease patients<\/li>\n<li>Nine Health Global and Tsingdata D-LAB signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of bid data health analytics<\/li>\n<li>Eight Great Technologies and Leaguer International Co signed an agreement to create a 5 billion RMB fund to invest in UK emerging technologies<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tpp-uk.com\/\">TPP<\/a> and First Chengmai Medical Industry Group have signed an agreement to work together to deliver an integrated healthcare platform for electronic records<\/li>\n<li>China\u2019s Food and Drug Administration and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency\">UK Medicine and Health Products Regulatory Authority<\/a> agreed to exchange safety information on medicines and medical devices to protect patients in the UK, China, and around the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"more-information-on-china-healthcare-opportunities\">More information on China healthcare opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>Contact us at Healthcare UK to discuss how we can help you, whether you are a UK-based supplier or an international buyer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1376\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Healthcare UK<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">55 Whitehall <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">London<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1A 2HP<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:healthcare.uk@trade.gov.uk%20\">healthcare.uk@trade.gov.uk <\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Switchboard<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0) 20 7215 5000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Theresa May and Secretary of State Liam Fox have prompted many UK-China healthcare deal signings on their recent trip to China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89029,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89006\/revisions\/89029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}