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Chinese herbal injection suspended after 3 deaths

BEIJING (AP) -- China has suspended the sale and use of an injectable herbal remedy after six people suffered adverse reactions, including three who died.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Thu, Oct 09 2008

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08 Oct 08 visit China suspends herbal injection after three deaths  »  People's Daily China on Wednesday suspended distribution and medical use of a herbal injection produced by a pharmaceutical firm based in the northeast Heilongjiang Province. Six patients in the southwestern Yunnan Province reported a strong adverse reaction...
20 Oct 08 visit Herbal injection banned after baby dies  »  Shanghai Daily A HERBAL injection was banned by the Ministry of Health after one infant died and three others became ill. Four newborn babies at a hospital in Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, experienced adverse reactions after receiving...
20 Oct 08 visit Chinese herbal injection recalled in infant death probe  »  People's Daily Chinese health authorities are recalling a herbal injection that was suspected to have led to the death of a newborn baby and some adverse effects in another three. A 9-day-old baby in northwest China's Shaanxi Province died on Oct. 11, after...
12 Oct 08 visit China stops sales of suspected herbal injection  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA’S drug safety watchdog put as top to sales and use of an herbal injection after the product was suspected of causing three deaths earlier this week. A total of 4,547 bottles of ciwujia herbal injection,...
12 Oct 08 visit China stops sales of suspected herbal injection  »  People's Daily China's drug safety watchdog put as top to sales and use of an herbal injection after the product was suspected of causing three deaths earlier this week. A total of 4,547 bottles of ciwujia herbal injection, manufactured by the Wandashan...

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