Shionogi to leverage Ping An health care data to speed growth

Japanese pharma eyes Shanghai and Hong Kong JVs as fast-track to novel drugs

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The Ping An Good Doctor online medical consultation app is used by 346 million people in China. (Photo by Naoki Matsuda)

YUTA SHIMONO, Nikkei staff writer

OSAKA -- Japanese pharma Shionogi hopes two joint ventures with China's Ping An Insurance Group -- one already set up in Hong Kong and the other pending in Shanghai -- will be able to leverage its partner's huge health care database to design new drugs and services.

Shionogi and Ping An signed a capital and operational tie-up in March. The two joint ventures will aim to develop new drugs based on a database of over 300 million people maintained by Ping An.

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