Heparin Comes Clean Jun 5, 2008
1 Close cooperation among the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pharmaceutical companies, and physicians led to the tracing of the problematic preparations of heparin to the Scientific Protein Laboratories' manufacturing operation in Changzhou, China. Consequently, by March 2008, exposures of. (New England Journal of Medicine)
FDA Withholds List of Chinese May 11, 2008
In February, FDA inspectors were allowed to inspect the Changzhou SPL plant that made the main heparin ingredient for Inc., then the largest U.S. maker of Heparin USP. ... But in recent testimony, an FDA inspector said Chinese manufacturers barred them from complete access to two of Changzhou SPL's consolidators of crude heparin supplies ... Changzhou SPL is majority owned by Scientific Protein Laboratories Inc., of Wisconsin. (Wall Street Journal)
China says Baxter holding up heparin investigation May 6, 2008
China says the supplier, Changzhou SPL Co Ltd., is a holding of the U.S.'s Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC, which should bear responsibility for the plant. It also says Changzhou was not registered with China's State Food and Drug Administration because of a loophole in which the company is considered a chemical-maker, rather than a maker of pharmaceutical products. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Families of Heparin Victims Tell Stories of Deaths May 2, 2008
David Strunce, president of Scientific Protein Laboratories, said in testimony that worldwide problem with contaminated heparin cannot be traced to how heparin was processed at the Changzhou SPL factory in China which supplied the material to Baxter. His company holds a majority interest in Changzhou SPL.. (Time.com)
FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries Apr 23, 2008
Also Monday, the FDA issued a warning letter to the Changzhou SPL Company Ltd., which supplies heparin to Baxter International, stating that its manufacturing equipment was "unsuitable for its intended use" and that the company did not adequately scrutinize its own suppliers ... "We do not believe that the warning letter reflects Changzhou SPL's actual state of compliance with current good manufacturing practices in the heparin Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) industry, or the positive... (MEDLINEplus)
FDA cites Chinese firm's manufacturing processes for heparin Apr 22, 2008
The raw ingredient for Baxter's recalled heparin came from Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories, which in turn owns a Chinese factory Changzhou SPL and buys additional raw heparin from other Chinese suppliers. The Food and Drug Administration warned Changzhou SPL on Monday that the company does not have adequate systems for ensuring that the raw materials it uses are safe and that any impurities are removed. (ABC News -- Wire)
U.S. identifies tainted heparin in 11 countries Apr 22, 2008
The FDA sent a warning letter on Monday to Changzhou SPL, the Chinese plant identified as the source of contaminated heparin made by Baxter International in the United States. It warned that the plant used unclean tanks to make heparin, that it accepted raw materials from an unacceptable vendor and that it had no adequate way to remove impurities. (International Herald Tribune)
FDA evidence links tainted drug to China Apr 22, 2008
Meanwhile, the FDA yesterday issued a warning letter to one of the Chinese suppliers of heparin, Changzhou SPL, which is wholly owned by the Wisconsin-based SPL. "Equipment used to manufacture heparin sodium USP is unsuitable for its intended use," the FDA told the supplier. FDA inspectors, who visited the Chinese facility in February, also found that the company did not properly evaluate its suppliers, who provide crude ingredients extracted from pig intestines, and did not have a proper system... (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health: FDA warns of potential heparin contamination Apr 22, 2008
The FDA released a warning letter to Changzhou SPL Co., hours after Chinese officials voiced doubts that a contaminant identified in the blood thinner heparin caused severe allergic reactions in hundreds of U.S. patients. The FDA told Changzhou SPL that it had significant deviations from good manufacturing processes ... The raw ingredient for Baxter International's recalled heparin came from Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories, which in turn owns a Chinese factory Changzhou SPL and... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Redmond's Genie Industries inks deal for plant in China Apr 21, 2008
On April 14, company President Tim Ford signed a 50-year-lease with the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District for a 14-acre site for the new plant. Construction is to start this spring, with deliveries to start in 2009. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Alcan Composites opens new Chinese conversion centre Apr 18, 2008
Alcan Composites has been present in South East Asia with sales offices in Singapore since 1991, a manufacturing plant for ALUCOBOND(R) facade panels since 1999 in Shanghai, China and a paint line factory in Changzhou, China since 2006. Alcan Composites is part of the Engineered Products unit, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan. (PR Newswire)
Probe highlights perils of offshore drug production Apr 13, 2008
CHANGZHOU, China On a dusty lane in east China, a small factory sitting amid strawberry and vegetable fields processes chemicals from pig guts into heparin, a commonly used blood thinner linked to 62 deaths and hundreds of allergic reactions in the U.S. and Germany ... -based Scientific Protein Laboratories, which owns the factory sitting among farm fields outside of Changzhou, a sprawling industrial city west of Shanghai ... The FDA says a contaminant, identified as oversulfated chondroitin... (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
What went wrong? Heparin probe highlights challenges of regulating ... Apr 12, 2008
Three Japanese drug companies and a U.S. manufacturer, B. Braun Medical Inc., also recalled heparin products from Baxter's supplier, Waukanee, Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories, which owns the factory sitting among farm fields outside of Changzhou, a sprawling industrial city west of Shanghai. The FDA says a contaminant, identified as "oversulfated chondroitin sulfate," accounted for up to half of the active ingredient in some batches of heparin from the factory, known as Changzhou... (International Herald Tribune)
China Gets Serious About Heparin Contamination Mar 23, 2008
SPL, in turn, imports the ingredients from its factory in China, Changzhou SPL.. Changzhou SPL buys its raw ingredients from a system of consolidators who buy the ingredients from thousands of small, unregulated, producers, which are often family-operated, home-based businesses ... Tests conducted by SPL indicate the contaminant was in the crude heparin before it was sold to the Changzhou factory. (MedHeadlines)
More heparin recalled because of contamination Mar 22, 2008
Scientific Protein Laboratories owns a Chinese factory - Changzhou SPL - and buys additional raw heparin from other Chinese suppliers. Scientific Protein Laboratories also supplies Baxter recalled nearly all its US-sold heparin injections after some patients experienced extreme allergic reactions. (Boston Globe)
Recall issued for heparin marketed in Canada Mar 22, 2008
It owns a company in China, Changzhou SPL, that purchases crude heparin from brokers who buy from family farmers. The doctoring of the drug appears to have been done by brokers. (Globe and Mail)
China's drug watchdog steps up controls on blood thinner heparin linked to U.S. deaths Mar 21, 2008
-based producer, Scientific Protein Laboratories, or SPL, which in turn owns a Chinese factory _ Changzhou SPL _ and buys additional raw heparin from other Chinese suppliers. SPL says that the contamination occurred earlier in the supply chain. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
FDA Identifies Contaminant in Blood-Thinning Drug Mar 21, 2008
The contaminant was found in samples of heparin that the FDA tested from Scientific Protein's Changzhou SPL plant in China, which supplied Baxter with the active ingredient in heparin, Woodcock said ... Many of those pigs come from rural farms in China, with the intestines often processed by unregulated mom-and-pop workshops before further processing at Scientific Protein's plant in Changzhou ... Following Woodcock's teleconference, Scientific Protein issued a press release quoting Robert... (MEDLINEplus)
U.S. health officials identify contaminant in blood thinner Mar 20, 2008
The FDA said it had found the contaminated heparin at Changzhou SPL, the Chinese plant that supplies the active ingredient to Baxter. Changzhou in turn buys its heparin from two companies, called consolidators, that gather crude heparin from workshops that make it from pig intestines ... Erin Gardiner, a spokeswoman for Baxter, said Wednesday that tests found the supplies were contaminated before they arrived at the Changzhou plant. (International Herald Tribune)
• Heparin contaminant identified Mar 20, 2008
" The level of the contaminant ranged from 2% to 50% in lots of heparin tested by the FDA. An agency official said the contaminant was cheaper to produce than heparin, which is refined through a laborious process from a substance in pigs' intestines.Heparin is given to patients undergoing heart surgery or kidney dialysis to prevent blood clots that can cause strokes and heart attacks. China has become the world's leading producer of heparin because of its plentiful supply of pigs and its low... (Q13.com, WA)
Contaminant Found in Blood Thinner Mar 20, 2008
Baxter buys its heparin through Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories, or SPL, which in turn owns a Chinese factory Changzhou SPL and buys additional raw heparin from other Chinese suppliers. SPL said in a statement Wednesday that the contamination occurred earlier in the supply chain. (Time.com)
Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant Mar 18, 2008
and its Changzhou SPL plant in Changzhou City, China ... "The active pharmaceutical ingredient comes from the Changzhou SPL plant in China," Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said during an afternoon teleconference ... In light of the finding, the FDA has placed the Changzhou SPL plant on "import alert," Woodcock said, meaning the plant has agreed not to export any more heparin to the United States. (MEDLINEplus)
China and U.S. working together on blood thinner case Mar 17, 2008
He said Scientific Protein Laboratories had its raw material from the Chinese company Kaipu Biochemical, also known as Changzhou SPL. Wu said the heparin could have been contaminated after production or when the drug was exported overseas ... Changzhou's mayer, Wang Weicheng, said Friday that the city government had cooperated with the investigation and was seriously monitoring the companies in the city. (International Herald Tribune)
China, U.S. in co-op to probe suspect drug ingredient Mar 17, 2008
It is reported that heparin blood-thinner products, with a suspiciously contaminated ingredient from a supplier in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, have caused serious reactions and deaths in the United States ... He also pointed out that the Changzhou factory is just one link in a long production chain, and "it's still not clear whether the problem is in raw materials or in overseas production." ... The chain also involves the Changzhou factory's share-holder Scientific Protein... (Xinhuanet, China)
FDA orders all heparin imports tested on entry Mar 15, 2008
Tiny family-run workshops near slaughterhouses send batches of raw ingredients to middlemen before they reach factories like SPL's in Changzhou. The FDA hasn't yet inspected those workshops, saying that was something under discussion with Chinese officials. (Boston Globe)
Heparin investigation focuses on raw ingredients Mar 15, 2008
Consolidators refine the material and prepare it for shipping to a pharmaceutical facility in Changzhou ... Baxter's supplier, Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories, is a joint venture partner in the Changzhou facility that produced the tainted heparin. (Los Angeles Times)
How Heparin Maker in China Tackles Risks Mar 10, 2008
The FDA says it found significant amounts of a contaminant in the heparin active ingredients used by Baxter, which came from Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC of Wisconsin and that company's China joint venture, Changzhou SPL. It is still unclear what the contaminant is and how it ended up in the heparin ... Changzhou SPL registered itself in China as a chemical manufacturer rather than a drug company ... China's SFDA approved the two Chinese companies that made the active ingredient for the... (Wall Street Journal)
Germany recalls blood thinner Mar 8, 2008
He said that a different Chinese manufacturer was "probably" involved but that several companies in the region have embedded the name of the province, Changzhou, in their company names, making individual identifications difficult. "There seem to be multiple companies in this province that use the provincial name, so it is hard to tell exactly who is who," Hagemann said. (International Herald Tribune)
Veolia Environnement: Results for the 2007 Fiscal Year Mar 7, 2008
In Asia, growth in operating income was driven by the dual effect of the expansion of existing contracts (Shenzhen in China) and by the full-year effect of others (Kunming, Sinopec, Urumqi and Changzhou in China). In Africa/Middle East, the increase in operating income was satisfactory, despite certain circumstantial difficulties in Gabon. (BusinessWire)
Heparin Drugs Recalled in Germany After Patients Suffer Allergic Reactions Mar 7, 2008
A ``heparin-like molecule'' was found in Chinese-made crude heparin processed at the plants of Baxter's supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories, in Changzhou, China, and in Wisconsin, where Scientific Protein is based, according to the FDA. The company didn't provide ingredients to Rotexmedica, the FDA said. We believe this demonstrates that the heparin problem is not within Changzhou SPL's or Baxter's manufacturing facilities, but our investigation into the root cause of the problem will... (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Blood thinner concerns spread to Germany Mar 7, 2008
Baxter bought the active pharmaceutical ingredient for its heparin products from Scientific Protein Laboratories, based in Waunakee, Wisconsin, which has plants in Wisconsin and Changzhou, China ... In a statement released Thursday, Scientific Protein Laboratories said, "We believe this demonstrates that the heparin problem is not within Changzhou SPL's or Baxter's manufacturing facilities but our investigation into the root cause of the problem will continue.". (International Herald Tribune)
Contaminant found in China-linked blood thinner Mar 7, 2008
The Changzhou SPL plant, above, west of Shanghai, has shipped heparin ingredients to the United States. (Du Bin for The New York Times). (International Herald Tribune)
Similar heparin issue in Germany Mar 7, 2008
Scientific Protein's Changzhou, China, plant and its supply chain, which stretches through village workshops and pig lots, is the focus of scrutiny in the FDA investigation into deaths and allergic reactions in the U.S.. U.S. health officials have raised the possibility that a mysterious foreign substance entered Baxter's supply chain. (Chicago Tribune)
FDA finds contaminant in blood-thinner heparin samples Mar 6, 2008
The active ingredient for much of the heparin used in the United States comes from China, and the Baxter product came, via intermediaries, from the Changzhou SPL plant outside Shanghai. FDA officials have acknowledged that the plant was never inspected by the agency, apparently because it was mistaken for another plant with a similar name. (Boston Globe)
• Mystery substance in Baxter's heparin Mar 6, 2008
The suspect active ingredient in heparin originated at a Changzhou, China, plant owned by Scientific Protein Laboratories, a Baxter supplier based in Waunakee, Wis ... From its plant in Changzhou, Scientific Protein ships raw heparin to the company's headquarters outside Madison, Wis ... Scientific Protein's Changzhou plant, owned in a joint venture with a Chinese partner, is preparing a response to an FDA inspection report last week that criticized the plant's record-keeping, reporting and... (FOX59, IN)
FDA Finds Contaminant in Baxter's Recalled Heparin Products Mar 6, 2008
and its Changzhou SPL plant in Changzhou City, China, is Baxter's main supplier of the active pharmaceutical ingredient in heparin, Woodcock said ... At that time, the FDA also said it had completed its inspection of Scientific Protein Laboratories' Changzhou SPL plant. (Health-Finder)
Heparin Related Deaths Prompt Recall Mar 4, 2008
Until last week, leading manufacturer Changzhou Scientific Protein Laboratories had no operating license and had been completely unregulated, either by Chinese authorities or the Food and Drug Administration, a violation the FDA's own inspection policy. The FDA inspection discovered that the factory was used material from what they called an "unacceptable vendor" and had not taken the adequate steps to "identify impurities and deficiencies" associated with manufacturing equipment. (InjuryBoard.com)
Blood-Thinning Drug Under Suspicion Mar 2, 2008
Until last week, leading manufacturer Changzhou Scientific Protein Laboratories had no operating license and had been completely unregulated, either by Chinese authorities or the Food and Drug Administration, a violation the FDA's own inspection policy. The FDA finally inspected the plant two weeks ago. (CBS News)
Baxter Recalls Rest of Heparin Products Mar 1, 2008
The FDA investigation has included a Baxter plant in the United States, as well as a supplier of unrefined heparin to Baxter, Changzhou SPL in Changzhou City, China. The Chinese plant is largely owned by Scientific Protein Labs in Waunakee, Wisc. (MEDLINEplus)
FDA unsure what caused problems in heparin from China Feb 29, 2008
The FDA has completed an inspection of the Chinese factory, Changzhou SPL, that supplied the active ingredient, and took the unusual step Thursday of posting its draft inspection findings on the agency's website. The FDA is under intense scrutiny in the probe, after it acknowledged that an agency mix-up meant the Chinese factory had never been inspected before the heparin began selling. (USA Today -- News)
For the blood drug herapin, another check on China's products Feb 28, 2008
The owner of the factory, known as Changzhou SPL, says its supply chain is safe ... "We have a collection chain in place, and we stick with that," said David Strunce, the president of Scientific Protein Laboratories, an American company that owned a majority of Changzhou SPL. He declined repeated requests from The New York Times to identify those smaller suppliers, saying it was proprietary information ... SPL's plant in Changzhou was certified by American officials to export to the United... (International Herald Tribune)
China's drug agency says importing countries must ensure product safety Feb 27, 2008
and at Changzhou SPL, a factory in the eastern Chinese city of Changzhou that is 55 percent owned by Scientific Protein Laboratories ... The FDA acknowledged that Changzhou SPL was never inspected by the FDA, contrary to its own regulations, due to what it says was a mix-up with names. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
4 comments Feb 23, 2008
The heparin that is suspected in the four deaths over the last two months was sold by Illinois-based Baxter Healthcare Corp., which secured the active ingredient in the drug from a company in China called Changzhou SPL. Changzhou was never inspected by the FDA, the Chicago Tribune reported this week, because "regulators confused the factory's name with another that already had U.S. approval.". "This is exactly the risk we were pointing to," Crosse told me. (Human Events Online)
China's Role In Supply Of Drug Is Under Fire Feb 22, 2008
Officials from the FDA are now in China to inspect one of Baxter's key heparin suppliers in Changzhou, a city northwest of Shanghai ... Scientific Protein's Mr. Strunce says his company's China venture, Changzhou SPL, gets raw heparin from two wholesalers who gather it from "six to 12" workshops ... Many other heparin processors, including Changzhou SPL, the plant that supplies Baxter, are registered as chemical or agricultural-byproducts companies and weren't checked by health authorities. (Yahoo News -- Consumer News)
Heparin Probe Finds U.S. Tie to Chinese Plant Feb 22, 2008
company with a manufacturing facility there and a joint-venture operation called Changzhou SPL in Changzhou, China ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it didn't inspect the Chinese operation, which is also owned by Changzhou Techpool Pharmaceutical Co., of China ... Changzhou SPL, also known by its Chinese name, Kaipu Biochemical Co., is one of hundreds of Chinese manufacturers that have quietly become a linchpin of the global pharmaceutical industry. (Yahoo News -- Consumer News)
Baxter unaware plant not inspected Feb 21, 2008
produces the active ingredient for the drug at a plant in Changzhou, China. The FDA explained earlier this week that the plant, which Scientific Protein co-owns with a Chinese joint-venture partner, never was inspected because its name was confused in registration materials with a different company that had been inspected. (Chicago Tribune)
* FPC could face steel plant problems Feb 18, 2008
Formosa Plastics plans to build a stainless steel plant in Changzhou, Fujian Province, through a joint venture with its subsidiary Formosa Heavy Industries Corp (xu), with each contributing US$50 million to the investment. There is also a promise to invest a further NT$813. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China didn't check drug supplier, files show Feb 17, 2008
Because the plant, Changzhou SPL, has no drug certification, China's drug agency did not inspect it ... The plant in Changzhou, west of Shanghai, appears to fall into the type of regulatory void that American and Chinese health officials are trying to close in which chemical companies export pharmaceutical ingredients without a Chinese drug license ... Karen Riley, a spokeswoman for the United States Food and Drug Administration, said inspectors from that agency would be visiting the Changzhou... (International Herald Tribune)
Baxter probe focuses on US-owned China plant - WSJ Feb 15, 2008
Baxter said the active ingredient for its heparin was supplied by Scientific Protein Laboratories of Waunakee, Wisconsin, which has a joint-venture operation called Changzhou SPL in Changzhou, China, according to the Journal. The Journal said Scientific Protein president David Strunce said most of its active ingredient for heparin is made at the China plant, but some comes from the Wisconsin facility. (Reuters)
Power problems continue in China Feb 5, 2008
Flights have resumed from all affected regions, but Xinhua reported that 47 flights were cancelled due to heavy fog on Monday and 1,006 flights were delayed in the eastern cities of Hangzhou, Nanjing and Changzhou. The weather is estimated to have affected more than 100m people and caused 54bn yuan (3. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
S'poreans working in China return home earlier due to bad weather Jan 31, 2008
"Because we are worried about the snow storm in Changzhou, so we are really very happy to be back now in Singapore, just in time for the Chinese New Year," said a Singapore expatriate working in China. Another agreed: We were (going) to Suzhou to transfer to Shanghai. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has rushed to Hunan to help direct disaster relief work in the central Chinese province, which has been hit by appalling weather.• China fights snow-inflicted chaos Jan 29, 2008
Airports in at least 10 cities, such as Wuhan, Nanjing, Guiyangand Changzhou, were closed temporarily on Monday. At Shanghai Pudong International Airport, 96 international flights were canceled or delayed on Sunday and Monday. (Xinhuanet, China)
World warms to China's peaceful rise Jan 26, 2008
A scene in the street of east China's Changzhou city. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Global to invest $11m in $62m China project Dec 26, 2007
The mixed-use project comprising residential and retail space is located in Changzhou city ... Sameer Al Gharaballi, executive vice-president at Global, said the decision to invest in Changzhou "relates to the fact that in recent years, there has been a strong demand in the real estate sector, especially in the residential segment.". (GulfNews)
Activities will be held Thursday to commemorate the 1937 massacre, when Japanese troops killed over 300,000 Chinese civilians and captives, raped over 20,000.• U.S. archives: 500,000 Chinese massacred Dec 13, 2007
The telegrams sent by the U.S. diplomats pointed to the massacre of an estimated half a million people in Shanghai, Suzhou,Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Wuxi and Changzhou, said Wang. Historical records show that more than 300,000 unarmed soldiers and innocent civilians, were murdered by Japanese troops during the six-week Nanjing Massacre from December 1937 to January 1938. (Xinhuanet, China)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Post a comment Nov 19, 2007
Posted by: Erhu Fan, Changzhou, China 07 November 2007. We accept that the environment is polluted by the speed of modernization of industry ,but China have paid special attention on environment and believe that the environment will be better and better in the future. (International Herald Tribune)
"Golden Voice" Zhou Xuan Commemorated in Beijing Nov 17, 2007
Zhou Xuan, born in Changzhou of eastern China's Jiangsu Province in 1920, was known as the "Golden Voice". She was one of the most popular singers and film actresses in China in the 20th century. (Xinhuanet, China)
China paying dearlyfor cleaner rivers Nov 14, 2007
In Jiangsu province, the algae pollution finally forced the closure of more than a thousand chemical factories in three cities surrounding Taihu Lake - Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou - three months after the outbreak. Additionally, Zhoutie township in Yixing City, on the bank of Taihu Lake, was a well-known chemical manufacturing town but has had to close two thirds of its 150 small-scale chemical factories, with assets a little under 5 million yuan. (Asia Times Online)
Volia Environnement: Consolidated Revenue(1) for the Nine Months Ending September 30, 2007 Nov 7, 2007
0% was largely driven by the start-up of new contracts in China (Shenzhen, Changzhou, Kunming, Luizhou, Urumqui, and Sinopec), Australia (Gold Coast), South Korea and Japan. Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies achieved revenue growth on a constant exchange rate and consolidation scope basis of 11. (BusinessWire)
Husqvarna AB: Husqvarna Expands in Asia Nov 6, 2007
The Group has decided to build a new plant in Changzhou, China, which will replace Zenoah s existing Chinese plant and is expected to go on-stream in the first quarter of 2009. The new facility represents an investment of approximately SEK 70m and involves increasing production capacity for brush cutters and hedge-trimmers, as well as expanding production to include chainsaws for the consumer market. (BusinessWire)
Chinese Chemicals Flow Unchecked to Market... Oct 31, 2007
We dont have the resources and means to produce medicine, said Gu Jinfeng, a salesman for Changzhou Watson Fine Chemical ... A good place to find companies selling uncertified drug ingredients is Changzhou in the Yangtze delta, where the raw materials for chemical production are readily available and easily transported by canals and roads ... Several factories there sent representatives to Milan, including the Changzhou Kangrui Chemical Company. (The Drudge Report)
Building ties with China Sep 20, 2007
Rockford-based Bergstrom has had a plant in Changzhou, China, since last year. Rockford-based Southern Imperial has had a plant in Changzhou, China, since last year. (Rockford Register Star)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
