China Arrests GM, Others Of Maker Of Tainted Human Rabies Vaccine
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Chinese authorities arrested three Dalian Jingang-Andi Bio-products employees, including two senior executives, for alleged fraud in producing a human rabies vaccine containing a banned ingredient. Arrested were the company's general manager, his deputy and a purchasing agent. China's State FDA requested the arrests after the firm was found to have deliberately included nucleic acid in the anti-rabies compound over a five-month period last year. Authorities also ordered confiscated the company's earnings from the 360,200 doses of the vaccine that have been recalled. (Click here for more