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2008-04-17 |
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Voice of San Diego |
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After Building Careers Here, Chinese Researchers Drawn Home
By JOAQUIN SAPIEN
Thursday, April 17, 2008 | When Chinese-born biochemist Zhenping Wu arrived in the United States to work in San Diego’s budding biotechnology sector 20 years ago, he never would have imagined that he would eventually be drawn back to his homeland by better opportunities to satisfy his passion for developing new drugs.
Wu, former senior director of research at San Diego-based biotech firm Phenomix, moved to Shanghai last week, becoming the latest in a wave of veteran Chinese biotech researchers who have left San Diego for higher salaries, promotions and enticing research prospects in China. Foreign-born researchers who eventually return to their home country, like Wu, are known as "sea turtles" in the biotech industry.
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