Tainted Herbal Injection Recalled

By staff reporter Liu Jingjing

(.com.cn) China's health ministry and its drug watchdog, State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), have mandated the suspension of sales and use of an herbal drug injection produced by Duoduo Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Duoduo) based in Heilongjiang Province on Sept. 17. The two government agencies are currently conducting an investigation, but declined to tell where the incident broke out and whether there were any related deaths.