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Alibaba tells vendors to stop online medicine sales
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Tue, May 31, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Shanghai
CHINESE e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding has told vendors on its Tmall website to stop selling medicine, saying a local regulator has issued an "urgent" directive halting drug sales via third-party platforms.
Alibaba, in a notice dated May 27 seen by Reuters, cited a circular from the Hebei province branch of the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) on "urgent control measures relating to drug products". It did not elaborate on reasons.
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