Chinese authorities have ordered a 1.3 billion fine and asset seizure against a pharmaceutical company for the falsification of production records relating to a faulty rabies vaccine.
The Company Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences was ordered in July this year to suspend its production and had its vaccine production licence revoked for using expired materials and not testing product batches according to an announcement by the Chinese National Drug Administration on Tuesday.
15 people were arrested for the companies misconduct which included attempts to destroy records in order to conceal the companies misconduct.