Shijiazhuang-based CSPC NBP Pharmaceutical Co Ltd recently received a gold prize at the China Patent Awards for the nation's first home-developed drug to increase cerebral blood circulation.

Its process for making soft capsules with the compound butylphthalide - first extracted from water dropwort seeds found in South China - has also been granted patents in 86 countries.

It became the first Hebei company to win gold at the China Patent Awards.

(Source: China Daily)