Bugs become drugs at Sichuan facility

Most people suffer from a case of the creepy-crawlies when they hear what workers at a drug company in Xichang, Sichuan province, do to earn their keep.

Specialists at Sichuan Good Doctor Panxi Pharmaceutical Co are charged with "taking care" of some 6 billion cockroaches.

The cockroaches are harvested to make drug precursors that treat ailments including gastric bleeding, gastric and oral ulcers, as well as most burns.