China’s drug test backlog creates private equity niche

TPG is expanding a Taiwanese clinical trial firm to help cut China's long queue for new drugs. The deal is another step in the private equity firm’s plan to create a pan-Asian CRO.

US private equity firm TPG has bought a majority stake in Taiwanese clinical trials provider, OPC Holding, which it plans to expand into China, the world’s second largest pharmaceutical market.

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