This book discusses common misperceptions about employment in manufacturing and R&D, analyzes what future business changes to expect within the industry, and the role of the financial community in the industry’s current wave of consolidations and divestitures. The business climate inside China is reviewed extensively, with particular note of future trends. The author does not gloss over the problems of doing business in China but explains how to deal with them. Also included is a chapter on the pharmaceutical industry and the rise of Asian pharmaceutical companies.