Analysis: How the Lockdowns Imperil Shanghai’s Pharma Valley

(Blue View) — In late March, the pharmaceutical company where Xu Xiaomai (pseudonym) works instigated closed-loop production with employees living in the facility as Shanghai moved into lockdowns amid the Covid-19 resurgence.

“Around 100 employees work and live in the factory,” Xu said. Even so, the company’s most crucial research and development of new drugs has been halted since most other employees are working from home, Xu said.