$26,000 Lab Monkeys Are the Strange Measure of China’s Biotech Boom

Forget Nvidia chips, China's next big race is being slowed down by an unlikely rival: monkeys

Lab primate prices in China have surged over 1,000% in eight years, with a single cynomolgus macaque now costing around Rs 22 lakh. The shortage is delaying preclinical drug trials by up to ten months, projected to persist until 2028, and is now being compared by industry insiders to the global semiconductor crunch.

$33,800 lab monkeys show China’s quest to rival US biotech

To get regulatory clearance for biologics trials, companies often must provide monkey data to demonstrate human safety. Read more at straitstimes.com.

$26,000 lab monkeys are the strange measure of China’s biotech boom

The price of research monkeys in China has climbed toward $26,000, a bottleneck that captures how fast the country’s drug industry is scaling to rival the US.

Lab Monkeys for $26,000 Show China’s Biotech Quest to Rival US

Prices of lab monkeys in China have surged, complicating new drug development trials and increasing the need for primate imports from neighboring countries.