With this edition, BioWorld Asia reports on the clinical trial status of drug candidates from: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, First affiliated Hospital of Henan University of TCM, General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Hua Medicine Ltd., Jiangsu Province Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Novartis AG, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital and The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University.