IBM and Baheal Team up to Bring Watson for Oncology to China

IBM announced that Baheal Pharmaceutical Group is extending the reach of Watson for Oncology to clinicians across China through a new multi-year strategic alliance. As the primary channel partner for Watson for Oncology in China, Baheal will serve a key role in not only accelerating cancer patients’ access to cognitive technology, but over time, may also partner to bring Watson for Genomics and other future Watson Health innovation to China.

China Released 2016 Annual Report of Drug Inspection

China’s top food and drug authority conducted overseas inspections in 19 countries for imported pharmaceuticals last year. Officials found that some companies failed to meet Chinese drug standards. The China Food and Drug Administration’s 2016 report released in Beijing on Wednesday covers its domestic and overseas drug inspections.

China inspected imported drugs from 19 countries last year, mostly in Europe and North America.
Of the 15 varieties of drugs inspected, three of them failed to pass, a higher rate than in previous years. Eight varieties withdrew their import registration certificates or had their applications returned during the inspections.

The report can be downloaded from Brückenkopf GmbH website: DOWNLOAD

China Europe join hands to speed up rail cargo transit

Almost 20 meters high and crossing three rails, the Chinese made railway cargo inspection system that has recently been put into operation at the Polish customs makes inspection process possible without stopping or slowing down running trains.

Thanks to the world's largest train container inspection system, the transit and customs clearance time of China Railway Express (CRE) - which conducts freight transportation between China and Europe - are significantly shortened.

Since the inauguration of the CRE, joint efforts involving railway departments, customs, as well as commodity and border inspection agencies have been made to give green light for the whole transit process.

These cross-sector collaborations include streamlining customs clearance procedures, reducing rail-changing time and revising freight standards, among others.

Dong Jianmin, vice chairman of the Railway Cooperation Organization Committee headquartered in Warsaw, said that since May 1, 2017, unified waybills have been applied to all CER trains bound for Germany and France, further raising efficiency.

In addition, the locomotives have been sped up from 80 km per hour to 120 km per hour so as to achieve quicker arrivals, according to Dong.

Source: China Daily