Headquarters in Lianyungang | |
| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| SSE:600276 CSI A50 SEHK: 1276 | |
| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China |
Area served |
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Key people | Sun Piaoyang (chairman) |
Number of employees | 24,500 (2020) |
| Website | www |
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Company Ltd. (Chinese:江苏恒瑞医药股份有限公司), also known asJiangsu Hengrui (Chinese:恒瑞医药), is a Chinesepharmaceutical company that manufactures and distributes various types ofdrug packaging materials, cancer-treatingantineoplastics,cardiovascular medication,painkillers,antibiotics, and related products.[1][2] It is the largest listed pharmaceutical company in China.[3]
Founded in 1970, Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals was originally state-owned and called Lianyungang Pharmaceutical Factory (Chinese:连云港制药厂).[4][5] Headquartered inLianyungang, Jiangsu, it was established in its current form in 1977. The company was listed on theShanghai Stock Exchange in 2000[6] and now has locations in China, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Australia.
In 2020, Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals set up research and development offices inPrinceton, New Jersey, and inBasel, Switzerland.[7][8] The Swiss-based Hengrui Europe Therapeutics AG also hosts the discoveryresearch and development units. Their focus is onprotein engineering and themRNA technology platform.
Since December 2020, Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals has run clinical trials on anti-cancer drugs such as:
Trials were also performed in the fields ofmetabolic diseases (e.g.,type 2 diabetes[13]),autoimmune diseases (Interleukin-17 receptor blocker vanucizumab inpsoriasis),HIV treatment, andanalgesia.
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