China promises to sell safe, quality anti-malaria drugs to Africa

Xinhua: "BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China has tightened the quality control on anti-malaria drugs sold to African countries with a newly-issued regulation and other efforts, said the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) here Monday. According to the new regulation, China will only export anti-malaria drugs produced through a group of government-appointed pharmacy companies to African clients and carefully examine their products before export, said Wu Zhen, the SFDA deputy Director, at a press conference. 'We promise to sell safe and effective anti-malaria tablets to Africa,' Wu said, adding that they did receive reports of sub-standard Chinese drugs sold in Africa. "