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. 2023 Nov 17;25:e43812. doi: 10.2196/43812

Table 1.

Background information on the sample pharmaceutical companies.

Company Company type Main business and products
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co, Ltd Local conventional medicine company
  1. Main business: drug R&Da, production, and sales

  2. Main products: antitumor drugs, surgical anesthetics, special infusions, contrast agents, cardiovascular drugs, among others

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co, Ltd Local conventional medicine company
  1. Main business: pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices and medical diagnosis, and health care services

  2. Main products: cardiovascular, metabolic and digestive system, central nervous system, blood system, anti-infection and antitumor drugs or medications

China Beijing Tongrentang (Group) Co, Ltd TCMb company
  1. Main business: focus on TCM production as its core pillar supplemented by 4 other pillars—health and wellness, senior medical care, commerce and retail, and international business—shaping a health industry chain that covers herb growing, TCM production, sales, medical services, health care, and R&D

  2. Main products: TCM, Chinese patent medicine, and prepared pieces of TCM

Tasly Holding Group Co, Ltd TCM company
  1. Main business: pharmaceuticals, preinspection, early warning, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation

  2. Main products: cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, digestion and metabolism, tumor immunity, and neuroscience drugs or medications

AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd Foreign pharmaceutical company
  1. Main business: the R&D, production, and sales of chemical preparations, chemical APIsc, antibiotics, biochemical drugs, and biological products

  2. Main products: cardiovascular, kidney and metabolism, tumor, respiratory, digestion, anesthesia, and neuroscience drugs or medications

Hangzhou Merck Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd Foreign pharmaceutical company
  1. Main business: drug R&D, production, and sales

  2. Main products: prescription drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and animal health products

aR&D: research and development.

bTCM: traditional Chinese medicine.

cAPI: active pharmaceutical ingredient.