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IQV in “China Becomes Pharma's Global R&D Engine”

IQVIA Holdings Inc.

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Sponsors sourcing more development work through Chinese networks can constrain growth in higher-cost traditional trial services.

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China Becomes Pharma's Global R&D Engine

Western drugmakers are licensing clinically validated Chinese molecules rather than relying solely on expensive in-house discovery.

BEAR side — Sponsors sourcing more development work through Chinese networks can constrain growth in higher-cost traditional trial services.

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  • GLP-1 Eats Everything

    IQV in “GLP-1 Eats Everything”

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    Appetite suppression as a macro variable.

    IQVIA benefits from the large number of obesity, combination-therapy, and cardiometabolic clinical trials requiring outsourced research and data services.

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    Western drugmakers are licensing clinically validated Chinese molecules rather than relying solely on expensive in-house discovery.

    Sponsors sourcing more development work through Chinese networks can constrain growth in higher-cost traditional trial services.