Asia Spotlight: Improve Quality Or You're Out, Says China FDA Commissioner
Executive Summary
In a rare public speech, China FDA Commissioner Bi Jingquan calls for improved drug quality and an ecosystem to reward high-quality medicines, highlighting the agency’s drive to step up enforcement amid another recent scandal that has revealed broad quality problems.
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