Chinese biotech company WuXi AppTec has won a temporary reprieve after a federal judge in the United States blocked the Pentagon from enforcing its decision to add the company to a list of entities allegedly supporting China's military, stating that the US Defense Department appeared to have misinterpreted key evidence.

A federal judge blocked the Pentagon's designation of WuXi AppTec as a Chinese military-linked company, pausing Biosecure Act restrictions on the

Court finds defence officials misread evidence involving a state-linked fund, Chinese universities and a PLA hospital.