China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation

China National Pharmaceutical Group (SINOPHARM) is a pharmaceutical. The company researches and develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets medicine, medical devices, diagnostic reagents, and other health care products. The customers include hospitals, other distributors, retail drug stores, and primary health services institutions. SINOPHARM manages factories, research laboratories, traditional Chinese medicine plantations, and marketing and distribution networks that extend throughout the country. Its GuoDa retail pharmacy chain and has more than 5,020 directly owned or franchised locations across the nation. Additionally, the group has more than 15 public and private subsidiaries and a number of major joint ventures. Established in 1998, SINOPHARM is controlled by the Chinese government.