Police in China have arrested a mother-daughter duo for illegal vaccine sales worth more than USD 88 million in 18 provinces.
Since 2011, the suspects purchased 25 types of vaccines from more than 100 pharmaceutical salesmen, both licensed and unlicensed, and sold them to illegal agents or even local disease control and prevention centers at high prices, said the Jinan Public Security Bureau in Shandong Province.
Though produced by qualified manufacturers, the quality of the vaccines was questionable as they were not transported in approved conditions.
Such vaccines have potential side-effects and can even cause disability or death, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
