Friday, December 26, 2008

China's drug authority orders audit of injection producers

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Chinese media) -- China's drug safety

watchdog on Saturday ordered a nationwide overhaul of intravenous and herbal

injections following a series of contamination incidents.

The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said

local bureaus have to finish checks on all injections produced within their

respective jurisdictions before the end of the year.

The filed information should include how an injection

was produced, the ingredients, what equipment was used, package suppliers,

adverse reactions, data from quality spot-checks and risk evaluation.

The SFDA hopes the process will rule out hidden

safety problems and reduce risks.

In October, three patients in the southwestern Yunnan

Province became sick and another three died after receiving an herbal ciwujia

injection produced by the Wandashan Pharmaceutical Company. The medicine was

contaminated with bacteria after being exposed to rain.

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