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The Comptroller General of Drugs in India on Tuesday banned the import of rabies vaccine from Chinese vaccine manufacturer Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences, which has been accused of falsifying records and damaging drugs. stopped production earlier this month. Officials familiar with the case said the vaccine is imported by India and bought by private and government centers that administer it for protection against rabies, which is 100% deadly but who can be prevented by vaccination. Rabies kills an estimated 20,000 people in the country each year, according to the National Rabies Control Program.
"We are in the process of issuing a notification of cause to the buyer who receives the vaccine for the government.There must be a stop on the imports of this particular manufacturer with immediate effect", said Dr. S Eswara Reddy, the Comptroller General of Drugs of India.
"The vaccine is used in India, but we do not have the exact details of the total number of imported units or their distribution.I asked my staff to prepare a report of Detailed information on its import and distribution, "added Reddy. "Once we have the information, we will ask for a booster of the vaccine from the market, but until then there is a general ban on its importation."
Rabies is endemic throughout the country, the exception of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep. Dogs are responsible for about 97% of human rabies, followed by cats (2%) and monkeys, mongooses and others (1%). According to civic agencies in the city, every week about 8,000 shots are fired to prevent rabies in all government hospitals.
"We receive 500 to 700 cases each day, which also includes people for booster shots. Dog and rat bites are very common. A combination of rabies vaccine, serum and tetanus is injected, depending on the severity of the bite, "said a staff member of the Safdarjung hospital who asked not to be quoted. Medicines and vaccines manufactured in India and abroad, including those in China, are used in the public sector, Sandeep Nangia, president of the Association of Pharmaceutical Retailers and Distributors, said: "The On July 24, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a "thorough investigation" into widespread concerns that hundreds of thousands of people were reportedly deported. "According to the Xinhua News Agency, Xi said hideous and appalling "the illegal production of vaccines by Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Limited." Reports suggest that the company allegedly provided DTP vaccines (diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus) ineffi caces given to babies as early as three months of age and forged data for rabies vaccines.
While Outrage Rises in China Last week, company executives apologized in a statement Sunday, saying that they felt "deeply ashamed," according to New York Times.
First published: August 01, 2018 00:12 IST
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