April 28th
News of "data falsification of gastrointestinal medicine Zhenglu pills for 30 years"
Arouse widespread concern
This is following the Japanese pharmaceutical company Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.
After the accident of health products containing Monascus ingredients
Another online celebrity drug "Thunder explosion"
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According to Japanese media reports on the 27thWatchfamilyfeudJapan's Jidong Company, the maker of the well-known gastrointestinal drug Zhenglu Pill, was exposed that it had tampered with the drug's test data for more than 30 years due to lack of ingredients.
The report quoted the government of Toyama prefecture, where the company is located, as saying that during a sudden inspection, the active ingredients in the drug were found to be seriously inconsistent with the publicity effect. In order to conceal the truth, the company has been tampering with the test data for the past 30 years to allow Zhenglu pills to pass the audit and be sold on the market.
In addition to falsifying data, four gastrointestinal drugs, including "Zhenglu pills" produced by Jidong, were also found to have violated the law by directly using the test data of raw material manufacturers without conducting quality tests when purchasing raw materials.
Reported that on April 16 local time, the government of Toyama Prefecture in Japan has ordered Jidong Company to suspend business in accordance with Japan's Medical and Medical Devices Law. The suspension order will take effect from April 30, suspending the manufacture of pharmaceuticals for 23 days and the sale of pharmaceuticals for 22 days. At the same time, it is required to submit measures and improvement plans, including measures to prevent recurrence, within one month from the 26th.
In the face of questions from the public and relevant parties, the company admitted that it had been tampering with drug test results since 30 years ago and apologized for its lack of awareness of complying with the regulations. "in the past, there has been a lack of awareness of abiding by the law. I would like to express my sincere apologies to the people concerned." The company promised to deal with the incident seriously, strive to restore consumer trust, and conduct a thorough investigation to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
So far, the company has independently recovered 5.16 million Zhenglu pills that have been sold on the market.
Used to be a regular medicine in many families, domestic consumers expressed shock.
It is understood that Zhenglu Pill is a gastrointestinal proprietary Chinese medicine produced in Japan, and its products sell well in Japan, China and Southeast Asia. The brands with large sales include the "trumpet brand Zhenglu pills" of Daoxing Pharmaceutical Company of Japan and the "Jidong Brand Zhenglu pills" of the companies involved, which are regarded by many people as a regular medicine at home, which can be described as a "national gastrointestinal medicine."
Domestic consumers are no stranger to this. Social platforms show that Zhenglu pills are welcomed by many consumers, many of whom said they had seen advertisements and social media sharing before and were once home-made medicines.
Some netizens expressed shock.
"No wonder it doesn't work if you have a stomachache."
Many netizens in Guangdong also said that
"this medicine is always kept at home."
Another Japanese pharmaceutical company, Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals, has also exploded.
It was previously reported that health products containing Monascus produced by Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals, a well-known Japanese pharmaceutical company, caused an uproar in consumers' health damage. As of April 24, five consumers who took the company's health products had died and 257 were hospitalized.
According to the results of a survey released on April 11, most of the people who have health damage problems taking Xiaolin pharmaceutical health products have a disease caused by abnormal renal tubular function-Fanconi syndrome.
