|
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Five drugs made by a
Chinese pharmaceutical company have been proved fake, including an injection
fluid that killed five people in a month, Friday's Beijing News reported.
Five people died and six others were hospitalized after they received a drug called Armillarisni A for
gallbladder inflammation that contained the chemical, diglycol, that can cause
kidney failure, said China's State Food and Drug Administration on Friday.
The counterfeit ingredient was also found in another
four drugs produced by Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in China's
northeastern Heilongjiang province.
The company has been shut down and its products
banned while police has detained a drug dealer named Wang Guiping who sold
diglycol to the company.
In Beijing, the government has sealed up over 6,000
boxes of eight drugs from the company though it has received no reports of
negative reactions. Enditem |