Firm made to pay for deadly drug
GUANGZHOU: A hospital and three pharmaceutical companies were yesterday ordered to pay compensation for their involvement in a fake drug scandal in 2006, which led to the deaths of 14 people.
The Guangzhou Tianhe district court ruled that the Heilongjiang-based Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Health Care Goods Co, and Guangzhou Jinhengyuan Medicine Trading Co, had each played a part in the deaths and ordered them to pay a combined 3.5 million yuan ($510,000) to 11 plaintiffs.
In April, the Guangzhou People's Intermediate Court sentenced five employees of Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Co Ltd to jail terms of between four and seven years for their roles in the scandal.
