BIO recasts WuXi AppTec’s departure

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Trade association says China CDMO ‘proactively’ ended membership

By Steve Usdin, Washington Editor

March 15, 2024 8:45 PM UTC

BIO has recharacterized the departure of WuXi AppTec from the trade association, changing the wording in a press release to state that the company had “proactively” ended its membership. 

In a press released issued on March 13, BIO stated that it was “taking steps now to separate from WuXi-AppTec regarding membership in the organization.” BIO made an identical statement in a letter sent on March 13 to Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party…