Medtechs Must Gear Up For New China Data Protection Rules
New Controls On Access To Data Underline Global Perceptions That ‘China is for China’
Executive Summary
China ambitiously wants to champion domestic medtech manufacturers in the global market. It also needs to ensure foreign manufacturers do not sustainably dominate its home market – while also benefiting from their technical expertise, for the time being at least. Against that backdrop, new Chinese data laws are being eyed by global medtechs with a certain trepidation.
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