Ex-official jailed over vaccine scandal

A former official of China's Food and Drug Administration has been jailed for taking bribes from vaccine manufacturers, reports said on Tuesday.

Yin Hongzhang, former deputy director of the administration's drug testing center, received a 10-year sentence and was fined 500,000 yuan ($71,800) for taking bribes to help vaccine manufacturers gain approval for their drugs, Legal Evening News reported.

Yin's wife and son earlier received prison sentences for participating in the scheme and accepting property and bribes worth 3.56 million yuan, including ivory products worth 180,000 yuan, it said.