title: Contract Research Organizations (CROs) in China: integrating Chinese research and development capabilities for global drug innovation.
abstract: The significance of R&D capabilities of China has become increasingly important as an emerging force in the context of globalization of pharmaceutical research and development (R&D). While China has prospered in its R&D capability in the past decade, how to integrate the rising pharmaceutical R&D capability of China into the global development chain for innovative drugs remains challenging. For many multinational corporations and research organizations overseas, their attempt to integrate China's pharmaceutical R&D capabilities into their own is always hindered by policy constraints and reluctance of local universities and pharmaceutical firms. In light of the situation, contract research organizations (CROs) in China have made great innovation in value proposition, value chain and value networking to be at a unique position to facilitate global and local R&D integration. Chinese CROs are now being considered as the essentially important and highly versatile integrator of local R&D capability for global drug discovery and innovation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China. shiyunzhen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yun-Zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China. haohu@umac.mo.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China. cmwang@umac.mo.
authors.forename: Chunming
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality