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The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said it stopped production of an herbal injection that is suspected in the deaths of three people. The company, Heilongjiang-based Wandashan Pharmaceutical Co, voluntarily recalled all of its injectable products, including ciwujia, which the SFDA said had been soaked by rain and contaminated by bacteria. The action comes [...]

China has suspended the sale and use of an injectable herbal remedy after three people died and three others suffered adverse reactions. The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said the six people suffered “serious ill effects” after being injected at a Yunnan hospital with an extract from an herb called Ciwujia made by Wandashan [...]