Just weeks after being sentenced to death [1], China's former drug czar was executed today. The swift punishment--meted out for Zheng Xiaoyu's alleged acceptance of about $850,000 in bribes [2]--is intended to help restore China's tainted reputation in the pharmaceutical field. The country has become notorious for allowing dangerous products onto the market, seriously damaging the country's reputation at a time it is trying hard to expand the industry [3]. A second FDA official was recently sentenced to death as well, but legal experts say there's a good chance that sentence could be commuted.
- read the report [4] from CNN
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Links:
[1] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/chinese-drug-czar-sentenced-to-death-in-bribery-scandal/2007-05-29
[2] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/china-says-former-drug-czar-accepted-bribes/2007-02-09
[3] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/editor-s-corner/2006-02-27
[4] http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/china.execution.reut/index.html
[5] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/china-to-overhaul-drug-safety-regulations/2007-06-07
[6] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/spotlight-death-sentence-for-chinese-drug-official/2007-07-06
[7] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/chinese-researcher-helped-shake-up-corrupt-drug-agency/2007-04-05
[8] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/bridge-pharma-sees-growth-in-china-drug-studies/2006-11-27