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Forget about fake news, the FDA found fake quality control

  • Ed Silverman

By Ed Silverman Jan. 20, 2017

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Chinese workers watch the production line of pill capsules at the Tongrentang factory in Beijing, in 2007. The US FDA increased its inspections in 2008 after a string of health scandals surrounding Chinese-made goods. Alex Hogan/STAT

There is fake news, and then there is fake quality control.

In the latest startling example of how some foreign companies run their operations, a Chinese drug maker was cited for failing to have a quality control unit and faking quality control documents, according to a warning letter issued by the US Food and Drug Administration.

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Ed Silverman

Ed Silverman

Pharmalot Columnist, Senior Writer

Ed Silverman covers the pharmaceutical industry.

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