Cancer of inferior medicines targeted

Celebrities who endorse fake or substandard pharmaceutical products will face criminal and civil liability, following a judicial interpretation that takes effect today.

"If these people know the nature of fake and inferior drugs but still help promote them, they will be dealt with as accomplices of producers and dealers of the products," the new interpretation by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate stated.

The regulations also cover people who provide loans and grant production licenses to the makers and dealers of the inferior products, those who give support in the form of production and management venues, those involved in the delivery and storage of the products, and those who contribute production technologies, raw materials, side materials and materials for packaging.