STAT+: Treasury proposes major restrictions to U.S. investment in Chinese biotech sector

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration late on Thursday proposed a rule that would severely restrict future U.S. investment in the Chinese biotech sector but still allow American drugmakers to buy the rights to medicines invented in the country. The Treasury Department proposed the rule to implement a law, called the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act, that restricts U.S. investment in industries of concern to national security. The department added biotechnology to the list ...