Lab primate prices in China have surged over 1,000% in eight years, with a single cynomolgus macaque now costing around Rs 22 lakh. The shortage is delaying preclinical drug trials by up to ten months, projected to persist until 2028, and is now being compared by industry insiders to the global semiconductor crunch.

The price of research monkeys in China has climbed toward $26,000, a bottleneck that captures how fast the country’s drug industry is scaling to rival the US.

To get regulatory clearance for biologics trials, companies often must provide monkey data to demonstrate human safety. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at…