Sihuan Pharmaceutical is a Chinese

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with headquarters in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

and branch office in

Haikou Haikou; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Hoihow is the capital city, capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. ...

, Hainan Province. The main company in the group is the holding company Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd, which is listed on the

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. Sihuan Pharmaceutical is collaborating with the Academy of Military Medical Science in the development of the drug

JK-05 JK-05 is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug developed by the Chinese company Sihuan Pharmaceutical along with the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences. It is reported to act as an inhibitor of the viral enzyme RNA polymerase, which is ess ...

, intended for the treatment of

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. The company has been challenged by

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, which has stated that JK-05 infringes its patent rights regarding Avigan.

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* http://www.sihuanpharm.com/ Pharmaceutical companies of China Manufacturing companies based in Beijing {{China-company-stub