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In Depth: Popular Overseas Expansion Strategy Holds Pitfalls for Chinese Drug Developers

By Chen Xi, Jiang Moting and Kelly Wang
2025年04月18日 20:22
A growing number of firms are turning to a partnership model that may leave smaller firms at a disadvantage and leave them exposed to extra scrutiny under the Trump administration
A growing number of firms are turning to a partnership model that may leave smaller firms at a disadvantage and leave them exposed to extra scrutiny under the Trump administration. Photo: AI generated

Chinese innovative drug developers have been charting a new path to global expansion as they seek more diverse models to collaborate amid a sustained domestic capital shortage.

A growing number of companies are turning to the “NewCo” strategy — short for newly formed company, which involves partnering with foreign investment institutions to establish a new company overseas. Under this model, the Chinese firm licenses the international rights of their innovative drug candidates to the NewCo while retaining equity in the new entity.

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