China's drug watchdog Monday exposed 20 illegal medical
instruments ads which claimed to treat illnesses ranging from
shortsightedness, insomnia and snoring to prostate disease.
The names of the products and the companies violating
regulations on medical instrument advertisements were made public
by China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).
One of China's famous medical instrument companies, Beijing's
Zhoulin Bio-Spectrum Technology Inc., was on the blacklist.
Some of the ads hadn't been approved by drug administration
departments; in other cases, the companies changed advertisements
that had been approved before they were broadcast; some fabricated
approval licenses; and others used expired licenses, said an SFDA
official.
The SFDA ordered provincial drug administration departments to
closely supervise the ads of the companies fingered, and cooperate
with the industry and commerce administration to punish companies
that violate advertising rules.
(Xinhua News Agency June 19, 2007)