(co-author: Ken Dai) Healthcare has consistently ranked among the top enforcement priorities for Chinese antitrust regulators, reflecting its direct implications for consumer welfare and public policy. In recent years, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) has intensified scrutiny of the sector, including high-profile enforcement actions against anti-competitive conduct in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), finished drugs, and medical devices. Between 2022 and 2024 alone, authorities imposed a series of penalties across these segments, underscoring that healthcare remains a “red-line” industry for competition enforcement in China. Merger control represents an equally important pillar of enforcement. In addition to determining whether individual…
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Digital Edition: First children’s hospice in England to be rated ‘outstanding’ 15 September, 2025 By Steve Ford A children’s hospice in the Midlands has become the first in England to be given the highest rating available for all aspects of its services by regulators, who flagged it as an example to other providers. This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here. Welcome! To continue reading either: Access your account Log…
Healthcare has consistently ranked among the top enforcement priorities for Chinese antitrust regulators, reflecting its direct implications for consumer welfare and public policy. In recent years, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) has intensified scrutiny of the sector, including high-profile enforcement actions against anti-competitive conduct in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), finished drugs, and medical devices. Between 2022 and 2024 alone, authorities imposed a series of penalties across these segments, underscoring that healthcare remains a “red-line” industry for competition enforcement in China. Merger control represents an equally important pillar of enforcement. In addition to determining whether individual deals may restrict…
WASHINGTON – In Warroom, the hospital has risen to respond to the historic Medicaid cuts enacted by Republicans earlier this year. According to hospital leaders and their advisors, the responses are divided into those with and without, with nearly 12 of whom have spoken for statistics for the story since the law was signed in July. The offices of meeting rooms, financial meetings, and the administrators of systems that are already financially troubled, or they could be in the coming years – the discussion includes services that can be reduced or integrated into specific locations to supplement their savings. The…
Digital Edition: Trusts facing rapid review of their maternity safety named 15 September, 2025 By Steve Ford The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has named the 14 NHS trusts that will be part of the new national investigation into maternity and neonatal services. This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here. Welcome! To continue reading either: Access your account Log in to your account to access your content on…
Photo courtesy of Christina Rengaiel/Center Square Robots will be on display at the AI Horizons summit in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Healthcare is a major industry in Pennsylvania. In fact, it's so big that Pittsburgh-based UPMC is the state's largest non-government employer. It is also an industry in crisis. That's where artificial intelligence comes in for the organizers of the city's AI Horizons summit. At the summit, industry leaders spoke about innovations poised for a new era of care that has already begun. Ian Blunt, vice president of data and analytics at Highmark Health, said he has been using AI for…
Today's article theme in the “How To” series: Minding Your Money. For expert advice, we have convened a skilled panel of UI faculty members, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who once called CU Home, the leader of the nation's largest bank. Jamie Dimon (Provided by) Billionaire Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase: “Early in my business career, I started exercising zero-based budgeting. Starting a month with 'zero' in each spending category, treating a dollar as if I needed to justify it from scratch.“Everyone can apply this strategy to their own personal finances, they need to choose a 30-day window,…
The CVS is fired in all cylinders. Why is the healthcare industry the best place to find investments now? There are main reasons for the tree. First, US healthcare spending is growing rapidly. The industry already accounts for more than 17% of the economy, and is expected to grow on average 5.8% per year until 2033, when it should account for more than a fifth of the economy. Second, the healthcare industry is widely considered to endure a recession, or at least tolerate a very recession. Historically, the sector has worked well during the recession, as people need healthcare and…
Digital Edition: First rise in student nurse numbers in England since pandemic 13 September, 2025 By Steve Ford The number of students taking up nursing degrees in England has risen for the first time since the post-pandemic surge in 2021, though numbers are down in Scotland. This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here. Welcome! To continue reading either: Access your account Log in to your account to access your…
Taipei, September 13th (CNA) Taiwan's healthcare and life sciences industry has continued to provide strong employment outlook for the fourth quarter of this year, a lingering talent shortage, according to a latest survey by human resources advisory firm Manpowergroup.Seasonally adjusted, Taiwan's overall net recruitment outlook index for October to December was 16%, down from 19% in the last quarter, but has not changed since the same period last year.The ManPowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS), which reflects employers' employment trust, calculates the net employment index by subtracting the percentage of employers predicting a decline in the size of the workforce from…