Asia Beat: Myanmar, Asia's next pharma frontier?

If anecdotal evidence is anything to go by, Myanmar (Burma) is fast developing as the next blip on Big Pharma's Asian radar, driven by the usual emerging market attraction of solid economic growth and particularly in this case by the prospect of political reforms viewed favourably by major potential trading partners.

If anecdotal evidence is anything to go by, Myanmar (Burma) is fast developing as the next blip on Big Pharma's Asian radar, driven by the usual emerging market attraction of solid economic growth and particularly in this case by the prospect of political reforms viewed favourably by major potential trading partners.

Invitations to conferences in Yangon breathlessly promise unprecedented access to senior ministers keen to outline increasingly pro-business policies and attract foreign investment. And as signalled by its recent unilateral decision...

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