New drug scare
BEIJING – The medicine cabinet in the average U.S. home is filling with drugs made in China, and some experts say that could be a prescription for trouble.
China's booming pharmaceutical industry has doubled exports to the United States in five years, undercutting competitors and making U.S. consumers reliant on the safety of Chinese factories and captive to any disruptions in Sino-U.S. commerce.
By Tim Johnson
6 December 2007