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16:14, July 10, 2007 |
China''s health officials had investigated 1,200 cases of illegal medical advertising and penalized the institutions responsible by the end of April, according to the Ministry of Health.
The government had issued amended regulations on medical advertising in November in an attempt to prevent false and misleading advertising .
"By the end of April, the ministry had investigated 164 cases of illegal medical ads based on public complaints and its own surveillance network," ministry spokesman Mao Qun''an said.
"During the same period, local health departments had investigated more than 1,100 illegal ads," Mao added.
In March, 36 websites promoting bogus military medical institutions
were closed down, according to the ministry.
Five medical institutions in Anhui Province were closed and the advertising licenses of nine medical institutions were revoked by the end of April.
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