Over 170 drugs under research to deal with the diabetes challenges; China report

14 November 2016
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With the coming of the 25th“World Diabetes Day,” R&D Based Pharmaceutical Association Committee of China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (RDPAC) released Faces of Innovation: Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes today in Beijing.

The report reveals the severe disease situation and heavy disease burden of diabetes in China at present, and the multiple positive significance of improving the patient's life quality and reducing social disease burden by enhancing drug innovation and improving drug accessibility.

Diabetes is the number one serious chronic disease in China. According to the statistics of International Diabetes Federation, China has the largest population who suffer from diabetes in 2015, reaching 110 million, which means that there are one-tenth of the Chinese people are suffering from diabetes and its related disease.

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