CHINA’S LAB MONKEY PRICES HIT COVID-ERA HIGHS ON NEW DRUG R&D DEMAND
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A boom in China into new drug research and development is driving laboratory monkey prices back to pandemic-era highs, forcing some researchers to halt their studies. According to Guo Xiangyu, a scientist at Jinan University in Guangzhou who studies ways to develop non-human primate models for major brain diseases, laboratory monkey prices have risen steadily since Chinese New Year.
Suppliers are now generally quoting about 180,000 yuan (US$27,000) per animal. “It is not just a question of...
KEY FACTS
- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on CHINA, MONKEY, PRICES, COVID, HIGHS.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 16 Jul 2026, 07:00 UK.
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- News - South China Morning Post: A boom in China into new drug research and development is driving laboratory monkey prices back to pandemic-era highs, forcing some researchers to halt their studies.
- News - South China Morning Post: According to Guo Xiangyu, a scientist at Jinan University in Guangzhou who studies ways to develop non-human primate models for major brain diseases, laboratory monkey prices have risen steadily since Chinese New Year.
- News - South China Morning Post: Suppliers are now generally quoting about 180,000 yuan (US$27,000) per animal.
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