China shuts down 300 drug, medical instrument manufacturers

This is a pretty big number, obviously the FDA is having some overseas impact as well...BD

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China has shut down 300 drug and medical instrument manufacturers for bad quality products in a national campaign since last July, said China's drug watchdog here Monday.

The campaign to correct malpractice in the pharmacy industry is showing results, said Wu Zhen, deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), at a press conference.     By October, about 900 fake drug producers were dug out and 440 cases were handed over to the prosecutors while 279 persons faced criminal charges, he said.

In the campaign, inspectors have examined more than 29,000 types of drugs and gone through over 148,000 drug registration files and 26,000 ones for medical instruments.   About 7,300 pharmacy companies withdrew their application for drug approvals during the campaign, Wu said, adding that the quality of drugs, waiting for approval, has greatly improved though the number of applications dropped.

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