Biomedicine
Yueyang has the largest antibiotic production base, the largest infusion tube production base, and the largest production base of traditional Chinese medicine in central and south China, as well as 8 pharmaceutical production companies with an output value of over 100 million yuan in Hunan. Yueyang has initially formed a pharmaceutical industry system for joint development of biomedicine, chemical synthesis raw materials and preparations, biological fermentation, Chinese patent medicines, Chinese medicine decoction pieces, medicinal capsules, pharmaceutical excipients, pharmaceutical packaging materials, and medical devices. The number of existing medicine manufacturing enterprises and medicine varieties rank second in Hunan.
Chinese source: yueyang.gov.cn