Maker Of Fatal Herbal Injectable Drug In China Ordered Closed
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Chinese authorities ordered closed a plant the source of an herbal injection drug that killed one and sickened others. Wusuli River Pharmacy has begun recalling its Shuanghuanglian, cited as the cause of a patient who died after being injected with it. The Ministry of Health and the State FDA said that since that case, other suspect batches of the injectable have been found, so it ordered hospitals and pharmacists to suspend using or selling the drug. (Click here for more