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Bayer expects its purchase of Topsun Science & Technology's nonprescription cough and cold portfolio to "substantially increase Bayer Consumer Care's presence in China, one of the fastest growing OTC markets in the world," the firm states Oct. 25

China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) is drafting a new regulation on "service innovation" to encourage companies and researchers in the country to raise their investment in, and the conduct of, innovation. However, the move may also have an impact on the soaring drug discovery industry in China as it will mean higher payments to inventors with knock-on effects on local drug discovery and CROs.