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China's top drug regulator sentenced to death
BEIJING - China's top drug regulator was sentenced to death on charges of corruption and negligence, state media said Tuesday, the latest development stemming from growing alarm over the country's poor food-safety record.
Zheng was fired in 2005 on charges he took up to US $780,000 in bribes to approve medicine that had not been tested to ensure its safety.
State media have reported that drugs improperly approved by Zheng's agency included an antibiotic that killed at least 10 patients last year before it was taken off the market.
Source: MSNBC, May 28, 2007
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In the US, he'd quietly leave the FDA for a cushy job with one of the pharmaceutical companies.
TLC
BEIJING - China's top drug regulator was sentenced to death on charges of corruption and negligence, state media said Tuesday, the latest development stemming from growing alarm over the country's poor food-safety record.
Zheng was fired in 2005 on charges he took up to US $780,000 in bribes to approve medicine that had not been tested to ensure its safety.
State media have reported that drugs improperly approved by Zheng's agency included an antibiotic that killed at least 10 patients last year before it was taken off the market.
Source: MSNBC, May 28, 2007
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In the US, he'd quietly leave the FDA for a cushy job with one of the pharmaceutical companies.
TLC
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