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9 sent to hospital after taking diabetes drug
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February 4, 2009, Wednesday
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NINE people have been hospitalized after taking a counterfeit diabetes drug in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that last month caused the death of two others, said the local government yesterday.
Four of the nine people were being treated in Kashi People's Hospital and are in stable condition. Five others have been released from hospital, said a spokesman of the Kashi government.
The food and drug bureau in Shache County of Kashi reported a man named Ye Danjun sold a diabetes drug branded "Tang Zhi Ning Jiao Nang" from a rented house. He sold the drug on the pretense of giving free lectures and blood-sugar tests.
Two people died on January 17 and 19 after taking the drugs. The county government has paid the families of each victim 5,000 yuan (US$731) for burial services.
According to an investigation by the regional food and drug safety watchdog, the drug contained an illegal chemical ingredient called "glibenclamide," which is used to help lower blood sugar. The counterfeit drugs contained six times the normal dose of the chemical.
A total of 9,600 bottles of the counterfeit drug entered Kashi and 8,536 bottles have been recovered. Police in Kashi have seized the registered capital of Ye's company and have frozen his bank account.
The local public security bureau, the drug watchdog and the industrial and commercial bureau have launched a joint investigation into the case.
The State Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that four suspects had been detained in Xinjiang for selling the deadly drug but gave no details about the suspects.
Four of the nine people were being treated in Kashi People's Hospital and are in stable condition. Five others have been released from hospital, said a spokesman of the Kashi government.
The food and drug bureau in Shache County of Kashi reported a man named Ye Danjun sold a diabetes drug branded "Tang Zhi Ning Jiao Nang" from a rented house. He sold the drug on the pretense of giving free lectures and blood-sugar tests.
Two people died on January 17 and 19 after taking the drugs. The county government has paid the families of each victim 5,000 yuan (US$731) for burial services.
According to an investigation by the regional food and drug safety watchdog, the drug contained an illegal chemical ingredient called "glibenclamide," which is used to help lower blood sugar. The counterfeit drugs contained six times the normal dose of the chemical.
A total of 9,600 bottles of the counterfeit drug entered Kashi and 8,536 bottles have been recovered. Police in Kashi have seized the registered capital of Ye's company and have frozen his bank account.
The local public security bureau, the drug watchdog and the industrial and commercial bureau have launched a joint investigation into the case.
The State Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that four suspects had been detained in Xinjiang for selling the deadly drug but gave no details about the suspects.
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