Chinese pharmaceutical company falsified records, distributed thousands of defective vaccines for children – Brinkwire

Changchun Changsheng Bio-Technology Ltd., which produces 23% of rabies vaccines in China and shot more than 3 million shots last year, violated drug production protocols.

Vaccine Scandal

Outrage swept across China after reports showed that thousands of children could be injected with defective vaccines as one for rabies ] and the other for diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus (DPT Changsheng was found to have falsified production and inspection records, and distributed about 250,000 defective DTC vaccines to Shandong Province, which has a population of about 100 million people. A surprise inspection also revealed that the company had invented data for about 113,000 rabies vaccines [19659005TheoffensepromptedtheNationalDrugAdministrationtorevokethecompany'slicensetoproducearabiesvaccineTheauthoritiesalsoannouncedthattheywerelaunchinganofficialcriminalinvestigationonthe#

Many defective vaccines were already on the market and given to Chinese children as part of a mandatory vaccination program. Although a number of these vaccines have already been recalled, it is not yet clear how defective vaccines could affect the health of children who have been injected.

Impact on Public Confidence

Amidst a series of drug and food product scandals in China, parents are asking the government to take tougher action. In 2008, 300,000 Chinese infants became ill after consuming tainted milk powder melamine. Authorities have also intercepted several factories in the country that produce counterfeit versions of popular soy sauce mixes and spices.

Huo Xiaoling, whose 1-year-old daughter received a vaccine produced by Changchun Changsheng, said that she would buy more vaccine made in China because she could not trust officials to clean this industry.

"We do not know who we can believe in," said Huo Xiaoling. "As a Chinese, we should probably trust our country, but hurting ourselves again and again has made us lose faith."

In a statement released Sunday on the government's website, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang "We are going to crack down on illegal and criminal acts that endanger people's lives, punish violators in accordance with the law, and strongly criticize the breach of the obligation to monitor," he said.