Time to ‘cut off’ US outbound investment in China biotech firms like BGI Group and Wuxi AppTec: House panel


By Ji Siqi

An influential panel in the US House of Representatives on Thursday urged sweeping restrictions on outbound investment in Chinese biotechnology, as it pushed for the advancement of a bill to restrict the industry’s operations in the American market.

The hearing held by the House select committee on competition with China came after a Senate committee voted 11-1 on Wednesday backing a companion bill prohibiting US federally-funded institutions from contracting with certain biotech providers in China.

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