Third Top Drug Official in China Faces Music (China)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Former drug registration official Cao Wenzhuang is the third senior official with China's State Food and Drug Administration to go on trial, as his trial starts for charges of corruption and dereliction of duty. Cao, charged with taking 2.34 million yuan in bribes, has denied the charges. He was also charged with lowering the drug registration standards. Cao's former boss, Zheng Xiaoyu, was sentenced to death in May. Hao Heping, also one of Zheng's former secretaries, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges last November. (Click here for more