AstraZeneca’s China chief detained in illegal data collection and drug import probe
(fortune.com)https://fortune.com/asia/2024/11/07/astrazeneca-china-chief-detained-illegal-data-collection-drug-import-probe/China is a key market for AstraZeneca, developer of a Covid-19 jab widely administered throughout the world during the coronavirus pandemic. The firm, headquartered in the United Kingdom, has 90,000 employees globally.
Pharmaceutical giant said Thursday that the head of its China operations Leon Wang had been detained, after reports the firm was under investigation for potentially illegal data collection and drug imports, namely of a liver cancer drug.
