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Dr. Lowe writes:
A report in the Chinese newspaper Economic Information Daily says that the Chinese SFDA (State Food and Drug Administration) has been conducting a review of Chinese clinical trial practices, and after reviewing 1,622 trials has found that most of them are seriously flawed. And by "seriously flawed", they mean "largely faked". The story says that "More than 80 percent of applications for mass production of new drugs have been canceled in the light of the findings, with officials warning that further evidence malpractice could still emerge in the scandal."
Radio Free Asia writes:
According to the SFDA report, much of the data gathered during clinical trials were incomplete, failed to meet analysis requirements or were untraceable, the paper cited a source in the agency as saying.
It said some companies were suspected of deliberately hiding or deleting records of adverse effects, and tampering with data that did not meet expectations.
[...] Public safety problems in China aren't limited to the pharmaceutical industry and the figure of 80 percent is unlikely to surprise many in a country where citizens routinely engage in the bulk-buying of overseas-made goods like infant formula powder.
Guangdong-based rights activist Mai Ke said there is an all-pervasive culture of fakery across all products made in the country.
"It's not just the medicines," Mai said. "In China, everything is fake, and if there's a profit in pharmaceuticals, then someone's going to fake them too."
Original Submission
(Score: 4, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 06 2016, @05:52PM
Give it time--the market will regulate itself in China eventually. </sarcasm>
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Aighearach on Thursday October 06 2016, @05:55PM
It will, because in China a bunch of people will get executed for this.
You can be assured that the problem of clinical trials being unprepared for auditing will be corrected. Losing face will not be tolerated.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:23PM
>being unprepared for auditing
Absolutely this. US companies generate much better documentation, covering all the required evidence.
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(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Thursday October 06 2016, @07:16PM
Yeah, but I hear they order most of it over Alibaba.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday October 06 2016, @08:24PM
Outsourcing, that's thinking outside the box in the global economy. As long as it passes the audit, it's all profit from there.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 07 2016, @11:43AM
Sigh. Always looking to government to solve every problem. Typical liberal/socialist. ;-)
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @05:56PM
Fabrication is industry standard and we're only at 80% fabrication rate? Come on people!