The Chinese government is determined to catch criminal drug makers

At last the Chinese government seems to be doing something serious about clamping down on the huge illegal drug businesses that seem to be flourishing in China. The leader of China recently made a speech in which he said that corruption in China was getting out of hand and the pharmaceutical industry was a major player in the corruption stakes.

The former head of the Chinese Food and Drug Administration has been singled out for investigation after it appears that businessmen and state regulators for medicines and healthcare were getting too closely linked and as a result many untested and illegal medicines were getting rubber stamps of approval. Mr Xiaoyu has been charged with receiving bribes and ignoring illegal actions within the CFDA.

The Chinese government is determined to stamp out the huge businesses that make fake erectile dysfunction drugs that are useless and often dangerous and which are posted all over the world to people who have no idea where they are coming from. Ukmedix has come across reports that they are sometimes just sold cement pills or even more dangerous substances. 

The Chinese government has pledged that production permits and licences for 170,000 previously authorised drugs would be reviewed especially those that were given between the years 1999 and 2002 when the massive illegal trade in Viagra, Cialis and Levitra started to boom. Big international drug companies have nothing to worry about but smaller local Chinese companies that have even been unscrupulous enough to sell fake Tamiflu (the bird flu drug) and birth control pills will be in the line of fire.

Presently a man who was caught making some fake Tamiflu is being tried in court and may end up in prison for many years if the courts find him guilty. A strong and clear message is needed from the Chinese government if any headway is to be made in stopping these evil fake drug makers. The Chinese government last year closed down 160 drug companies that were seen to have been breaking the law. Ukmedix news reckons that they need to close down a few thousand more.