Ethics

Tainted drugs from China?

I recently came across this article in the New York Times - F.D.A. Tracked Tainted Drugs, but Trial Went Cold in China. The article is written by Walt Bogdanich - a Pilitzer Prize winner for national reporting in 2005 among other awards - along with other contributors.

“After a drug ingredient from China killed dozens of Haitian children a decade ago, a senior American health official sent a cable to her investigators: find out who made the poisonous ingredient and why a state-owned company in China exported it as a safe, pharmaceutical grade glycerin …”

It is sad that companies stoop to such immoral practices to get boost their profits. But it is also an important lesson for all to do your due diligence when dealing with businesses across countries - especially where the law is of little help.