Thursday, May 11, 2006

Fake Viagra Producer Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment

Monday the Shaoxing Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province sentenced Wang Weiping to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of 2 million yuan (US$250,000) in a first ruling, because of the production of fake Viagra and Cialis (both anti-impotence drugs).

Yang Zhonghua of Xinhua wrote:
"A total of 381,000 fake Viagra pills and 1.4 million counterfeit Cialis tablets, worth a combined total of 241 million yuan (US$29 million) on the market, were also seized from workshops at Kangdeli Health Care, according to a release from the court."

Wang established another manufacturing base at Guannan in Jiangsu Province.

Read Yang's Xinhua article here. Hat tip to Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei.

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