WuXi AppTec removed from Pentagon blacklist after court ruling
The Pentagon has removed Chinese biotechnology firm WuXi AppTec from its list of Chinese military companies following a federal court injunction. The company had argued its designation was arbitrary and politically motivated.
The Pentagon has removed Chinese biotechnology company WuXi AppTec from its list of Chinese military companies, according to a government posting on Monday. The deputy secretary of defense made the determination after a federal court in Washington enjoined the department from enforcing the designation.
The court ruling came in a lawsuit WuXi AppTec filed after it was added to the list. The company said its designation was arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the facts and “the product of political pressure.”
The Pentagon expanded its blacklist of alleged “Chinese military companies” to 188 entities on 8 June. WuXi AppTec had been among those added at that time.