Fake Products Hurting China (China)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
China will not be able to convince the international community that Chinese corporate distribution of fraudulent and toxic medicine and food has ended because it tried and executed its former drug safety agency head. Recent scandals have eroded global confidence in the "Made in China" label. China will have to take more serious widespread actions to enforce product safety laws and regain its former global reputation. Today the World Health Organization hypothesizes that 25 percent of medicine consumed in developing countries may be counterfeit. China's solution to this problem is a key part of the global fake drug puzzle. (Click here for more
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