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China Races to Build Record Biobank to Rival US Drugs Research

Bloomberg

April 27, 2026

CSET’s Vikram Venkatram shared his expert insight in an article published by Bloomberg News. The article examines China’s efforts to build massive domestic biobanks as access to Western biomedical databases becomes increasingly restricted amid growing geopolitical tensions.

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