China goes aggressive on doping as Olympics draw near
Thursday, 3 July 2008
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua): "Is that all? Show me recipes for a whole month."
Dissatisfied by a thin pad of prescriptions offered by an employee at a west Beijing chemist's, Wang Zhexiong demanded more to check whether rules were being followed in the selling of medicine containing performance-enhancing substances.
The call of Wang, deputy head of drug safety with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), is part of China's more aggressive anti-doping efforts ahead of the Olympics.
The inspectors were dispatched by seven ministry-level government agencies, including drug safety, health and public security watchdogs.
Dissatisfied by a thin pad of prescriptions offered by an employee at a west Beijing chemist's, Wang Zhexiong demanded more to check whether rules were being followed in the selling of medicine containing performance-enhancing substances.
The call of Wang, deputy head of drug safety with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), is part of China's more aggressive anti-doping efforts ahead of the Olympics.
The inspectors were dispatched by seven ministry-level government agencies, including drug safety, health and public security watchdogs.