China eager to step up gene sequencing technology
In a review on gene sequencing patents issued in China, the authors have identified 448 gene sequencing patent portfolios of which US-based companies have generated 249, followed by Japan (48), the Netherlands (28), UK (22), Switzerland (18) and Germany (13). The leading Chinese companies are Shenzen’s BGI, followed by Guangdong’s Surexam Biotechnology Co. and Beijing’s […]