Allegations in your June 16 issue about the drugs from China have no substance whatever
Jun 23, 2003
SIR— A report appeared in your paper on June 16 titled “Fake drugs endanger Ugandans, court told,†alleging that a Chinese company namely Ningbo No. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd has done the following:
SIR— A report appeared in your paper on June 16 titled “Fake drugs endanger Ugandans, court told,†alleging that a Chinese company namely Ningbo No. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd has done the following:
1. Exports fake drugs to Uganda market;
2. Fails to comply with GMP
3. It is an internationally condemned factory;
4. It is blacklisted by the Chinese Government;
5. Seven people died because of the use of its drugs.
1. All drugs exported to Uganda from Ningbo NO. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd have been strictly tested and approved by the Uganda National Drug Authority (NDA) before putting them into the market. The story about fake anti-malaria drugs from China is not true. Records at the NDA confirm this. The allegation that the already imported drugs have yet to be tested is not true, as in fact the drugs have already been tested by a World Health Organisation collaborating laboratory, the Centre for Quality Assurance of Medicines in South Africa and found to be good for use.
2. Ningbo NO. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd. fully complies with all requirements of the Chinese National drug Administration including the holding of GMP certificate.
3. With decades of exporting history, this factory enjoys good reputation in many countries, including Uganda, with quality products and satisfying services.
4. Ningbo No. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has never been blacklisted by the Chinese Government.
5. No death with directly linked to taking drugs from Ningbo No. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd has ever been reported.
The information in The New Vision is false and in bad taste, and unnecessarily tarnishes
the efforts both our countries are making to have and maintain good relations in all respects.
The stories also unfairly damage the economic interactions the Chinese Government wishes to see maintained and strengthened between Uganda and China.
Hon. Jim Muhwezi, the minister of health, stated that the illegal drug saga of NDA “was a power struggle of NDA†(The New Vision November 21, 2002.)
I hope that this internal power struggle of NDA will not cause damage to the good reputation enjoyed by the Chinese products and the Chinese companies and undermine
the interests and well-being of Ugandans as a whole in the health sector.
Li Qiangmin
Ambassador
People’s Republic of China
Uganda
1. Exports fake drugs to Uganda market;
2. Fails to comply with GMP
3. It is an internationally condemned factory;
4. It is blacklisted by the Chinese Government;
5. Seven people died because of the use of its drugs.
1. All drugs exported to Uganda from Ningbo NO. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd have been strictly tested and approved by the Uganda National Drug Authority (NDA) before putting them into the market. The story about fake anti-malaria drugs from China is not true. Records at the NDA confirm this. The allegation that the already imported drugs have yet to be tested is not true, as in fact the drugs have already been tested by a World Health Organisation collaborating laboratory, the Centre for Quality Assurance of Medicines in South Africa and found to be good for use.
2. Ningbo NO. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd. fully complies with all requirements of the Chinese National drug Administration including the holding of GMP certificate.
3. With decades of exporting history, this factory enjoys good reputation in many countries, including Uganda, with quality products and satisfying services.
4. Ningbo No. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has never been blacklisted by the Chinese Government.
5. No death with directly linked to taking drugs from Ningbo No. 2 Pharmaceuticals Ltd has ever been reported.
The information in The New Vision is false and in bad taste, and unnecessarily tarnishes
the efforts both our countries are making to have and maintain good relations in all respects.
The stories also unfairly damage the economic interactions the Chinese Government wishes to see maintained and strengthened between Uganda and China.
Hon. Jim Muhwezi, the minister of health, stated that the illegal drug saga of NDA “was a power struggle of NDA†(The New Vision November 21, 2002.)
I hope that this internal power struggle of NDA will not cause damage to the good reputation enjoyed by the Chinese products and the Chinese companies and undermine
the interests and well-being of Ugandans as a whole in the health sector.
Li Qiangmin
Ambassador
People’s Republic of China
Uganda