China’s ZDG Options Canadian Medical Devices in a Potential Blockbuster Deal

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by Richard Daverman, PhD

November 8, 2013 -- Zhongguancun Development Group (ZDG), a state-owned science and technology investment company, signed an unusual 45-day exclusive option for seven medical devices that are being developed by Canada’s Medical Devices Innovation Institute (MDI). The option will allow ZDG to receive only preliminary information on each device. To get more details, ZDG will have to pay an additional $7 million. To see working prototypes, ZDG must invest somewhere between $500 million and $700 million. ZDG is affiliated with Beijing's Zhongguancun Science Park. More details...

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