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As the U.S. is seeking to sever ties with some Chinese biotech players, a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to ramp up scrutiny of hundreds of clinical trials conducted by U.S. drug companies with the Chinese military, citing the risk of intellectual property theft, as the nations compete on biotechnology.

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), who chairs the House Select Committee on China, and ranking Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) said U.S. drug companies have collaborated with Chinese military-run hospitals to conduct hundreds of clinical trials over the last decade, including in Xinjiang, home to millions of ethnic minorities where the Chines government has launched a campaign of human rights abuses.

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