{
  "id": 2898,
  "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3360420/chinese-medical-device-makers-push-europe-anti-corruption-squeeze-bites-home",
  "title": "Chinese medical device makers push into Europe as anti-corruption squeeze bites at home",
  "summary": "Facing anti-corruption policies and profit squeezing at home, Chinese innovative medical device companies are accelerating their push into the European market despite mounting cross-border trade protectionism. Government-backed hospital purchases of medical devices in China fell about 12 per cent year on year in the first five months of 2026, partly weighed down by “a new anti-corruption probe into hospitals”, dragging on the revenue of major Chinese medical device makers in the first half, said",
  "authors": "Julie Zhang",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "healthcare",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "eu,china",
  "published_at": "2026-07-14T01:00:27.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:11:46.979Z",
  "source_slug": "x-scmp-tech-hk-cn",
  "source_name": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.scmp.com/tech",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2898",
  "original_url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3360420/chinese-medical-device-makers-push-europe-anti-corruption-squeeze-bites-home",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}