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This is a book about health under pressure, and about what becomes possible when a country of immense scale is forced to innovate in one of the most difficult and intimate domains of public life. Some of what emerges is impressive, some of it is troubling and much of it remains unresolved. China has embraced innovation and technology in health care to tackle its own huge healthcare burden. The strain of chronic ill health is both a challenge to the existing system and an opportunity for biotech development. China’s ability to operate at scale, develop novel pharmaceuticals and innovate in care delivery holds promise for global healthcare and has made it a global industry leader in a matter of decades. Ruby Wang offers an insider’s perspective of how China’s healthcare is developing, where it offers lessons for the West and how it could shape the practice and delivery of medicine worldwide.
Ruby Wang is a practising medical doctor and strategy consultant working at the intersection of health, policy and global governance. She served as Head of Health for the UK Government in China, leading diplomatic and technical engagement on health and life sciences during the Covid-19 pandemic, and as Health Advisor to the United Nations in Beijing.
Foreword by Kerry Brown
Introduction
1. Culture and Crisis: Innovation Under Pressure
2. Biotech Powerhouse
3. Digital-First Health
4. The Human Side: Doctors and Patients
5. The Institutional Engines of Change
6. Health Innovation Across Borders: Global Influence
7. The Global Stakes