China disciplines 80 officials linked to major vaccine scandal 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseChina’s corruption watchdog on Saturday said it had disciplined more than 80 officials linked to a vaccine scandal last year that inflamed public fears over the safety of domestically produced drugs. Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology — a major Chinese manufacturer of rabies vaccines — was slapped with a $1.3 billion fine in October after it was found to have fabricated records. Authorities earlier said the faulty rabies vaccines did not enter the market. The drug company’s chairwoman and 14 employees were arrested after the scandal came to light last July, while more than a dozen national, provincial and local officials were sacked.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 02, 2019 18:00 UTC