Reuters
staff August 15, 2018 / 6:59 AM / Updated 6 hours ago
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-vaccines/chinese-vaccine-maker-made-500000-substandard-baby-vaccines-xinhua-idUSKBN1L014DSHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese drug company produced nearly 500,000 substandard vaccines for babies, roughly double an earlier estimate by authorities investigating a safety scandal, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
China’s drug regulator in July accused Changsheng Bio-technology Co Ltd of selling 252,600 doses of ineffective DPT vaccines to inoculate children against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.
Xinhua said on Wednesday further investigations found that the company had produced an additional substandard batch of DPT vaccines, raising the total to 499,800 doses.