无锡是国内最早开发生产抗生素、生物技术药物的地区之一,现拥有国家Ⅰ类新药4个、Ⅱ类新药4个、Ⅳ类新药26个、Ⅲ类兽药2个,一批国家级新药正在研制开发。无锡医药行业建办三资企业为全国最早,拥有华瑞公司、阿斯特拉(无锡)公司等规模较大、效益较好的企业,至1999年末该市医药 Wuxi is one of the earliest areas in China to develop and produce antibiotics and biotechnology drugs. Now it has 4 national class I new drugs, 4 new class II drugs, 26 new class IV drugs and 2 class III veterinary drugs. A group of state-level new drugs are under development. Development. The Wuxi pharmaceutical industry has established the first-tier foreign-funded enterprises in the country, and it has large-scale and better-effective companies such as Huarui Company and Astra (Wuxi) Company. By the end of 1999, the city’s pharmaceutical industry