CMED China Medical Technologies ADS, Each Representing 10 Ordinary Shares (MM)

China's healthcare sector has been on the upswing in recent years with rising incomes and greater government spending on medical care boosting the appeal of several companies in the sector. As The Wall Street Journal reported, "A big part of China's appeal is that it has companies producing drugs and medical devices that are well-positioned to tap the burgeoning domestic market." The Bedford Report examines the outlook for companies in China's Healthcare Sector and provides equity research on China Medical Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMED) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA). Access to the full company reports can be found at:

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To date, more than 1.28 billion Chinese citizens are covered by basic medical insurance programs run by the government, accounting for nearly 96 percent of the population, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health. Vice Premier Li Keqiang said last week that the government is looking at measures that will deepen the reform of China's health care system, including increased allowances and expanding the coverage of the country's essential medicine system.

Keqiang added that health care reform is now facing new challenges during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015) due to accelerating urbanization and an aging population.

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Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of vaccines against the hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and influenza viruses in the People's Republic of China. Last month the company announced that sales in the third quarter increased 60.8% year-over-year to $15.4 million, compared to $9.6 million, and year-to-date sales increased 47.2% to $35.7 million. Dr. Weidong Yin, Chairman, President and CEO of Sinovac, commented, "Our third quarter 2011 sales reflected the continued demand for our hepatitis vaccines, which represent about two-thirds of the sales this quarter."

China Medical Technologies, Inc., a medical device company, develops, manufactures, and markets immunodiagnostic and molecular diagnostic products. Shares of CMED collapsed on Tuesday to hit a new low, after an online research firm, Glaucus Research Group, alleged that the Chinese company had defrauded investors. CMED denies the allegations entirely, arguing that "the allegations set forth in the Glaucus Research report concern matters which have long been disclosed in the Company's annual reports and press releases, misrepresent the information they present and attribute motives to management that are based on innuendo and fail to take into account business and commercial considerations relevant to the matters discussed in the Report."

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