Morning session of China’s 2026 on-site national reimbursement price negotiations and commercial-insurer innovative-drug catalogue talks opened. Company delegations queued outside and began entering; early entrants included Kangyuan Pharmaceutical, Kangpu Pharmaceutical, China Resources Sanjiu, Qidu Pharmaceutical, Zai Lab, North China Pharmaceutical, Yunding Xinyao, Qilu Pharmaceutical, Kangzhe Pharmaceutical and Joincare. Several heavyweight traditional Chinese medicine items cleared prelimina

On Sept. 4, U.S. officials said the military launched a large-scale leak investigation after highly sensitive classified information on its advanced weapons inventory was disclosed by the media. Dozens, including some of the most senior officers and personnel from U.S. Central Command and other combatant commands, underwent polygraph examinations this summer. Investigators briefly feared a possible foreign-intelligence mole because access to the inventory was tightly limited; sources say no one failed the polygraph questions used to determine whether they had leaked to the media. Trump is reported to be angry about the disclosures.

Tanker-tracking firm TankerTrackers says satellite imagery shows Iran National Tanker Co (NITC) VLCC DOWNY was attacked today. The vessel was in ballast and not carrying oil. Imagery and AIS show multiple tugs active around the ship, concentrated on the aft port side, with activity beginning at about 12:45 Beijing time. The damage appears to be to the port-quarter engine room. Thermal imagery shows no visible fire or smoke. TankerTrackers notes this vessel type matches targets CENTCOM has used in past retaliatory strikes; the strike was likely caused by a US Hellfire missile.