For nine years, beginning in 1986, he headed antibiotic research at Lederle Laboratories, a division of what is now Wyeth (nyse: WYE - news - people ), where he launched the drug Zosyn in 1993.

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In 1986, China was in the early, tentative stages of reform, and just beginning to seek integration with the rest of the world, both politically and economically.

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