In a statement published Thursday, G42 said it categorically denies allegations in a recent letter by the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, on its "supposed connections to the Chinese government and their military industrial complex."
The document, addressed to the Commerce Department this month, had raised concerns over the firm's business links with Chinese military companies, state-owned entities and intelligence services.
Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the Select Committee, said G42 maintains "active relationships with blacklisted entities" including Huawei and Beijing Genomics Institute, while raising other issues.
But the company countered: "As an international commercial enterprise, G42 has established a worldwide network of partnerships over time, including some Chinese companies."
"Such engagements are standard practice among global technology companies," G42 added in its statement.
It also said that since 2022, it has pursued a commercial strategy "to fully align with our US partners and not to engage with Chinese companies" in the area of advanced technologies.
"G42 operates within strict compliance and ethical boundaries, adhering to all applicable laws and regulations. Any innuendo suggesting otherwise is unfounded and irresponsible."
The rebuttal comes as Gallagher, in his letter, urged for Commerce to consider if the company, alongside 13 subsidiaries and affiliates, should be added to a trade blacklist.
Companies included in the so-called Entity List are restricted from obtaining US items and technologies without government authorization.
The Select Committee has been pushing to heighten scrutiny over trade flows involving China, and to take action against companies with links to Beijing.
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