China charges former AstraZeneca executive – what it means for global pharmaceutical firms

SCMP · 2026-02-13
China charges former AstraZeneca executive – what it means for global pharmaceutical firms

AstraZeneca’s former China head has been formally charged with medical insurance fraud, illegal trading and unlawful collection of personal information, more than a year after he first came under investigation – casting a shadow over the Swedish-British drug maker’s expansion in its second-largest m