Fake Chinese drug kills nine

this doesn't sound good...I didn't know this was an on-going problem...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nine people have died after being injected with a fake drug made by a Chinese company and 14 executives have been detained for questioning, state media said on Monday.

The victims died after being injected with fake Armillarisni A, made by the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., based in northeastern Heilongjiang province, Xinhua news agency quoted hospital sources as saying.

The nine died in the southern city of Guangzhou, Xinhua said.

Police had taken five of the detained executives to Guangzhou for questioning, the China Daily said.

The drug is used to treat gall bladder, liver and gastric disorders.

The consumption of fake and inferior quality products has claimed dozens of lives in China in recent years.

A major health scandal erupted in 2004 after China revealed that at least 13 babies had died of malnutrition in the country's eastern province of Anhui after being fed fake baby milk.

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