BeiGene scram­bles to find new Abrax­ane sup­pli­er as Chi­nese in­spec­tors or­der halt on im­ports, cit­ing Bris­tol My­ers fail­ure

In a slap in the face aimed right at one of the world’s largest drug­mak­ers, BeiGene $BGNE said to­day that it is be­ing forced by Chi­nese of­fi­cials to halt im­ports of the can­cer drug Abrax­ane.

Ac­cord­ing to the Chi­na-based BeiGene, the Chi­na Na­tion­al Med­ical Prod­ucts Ad­min­is­tra­tion — or NM­PA — or­dered the halt fol­low­ing an in­spec­tion of one of Bris­tol My­ers’ US fa­cil­i­ties used to make the drug. That’s a rare event in the glob­al drug mak­ing world, where the FDA is known for its reg­u­lar ci­ta­tions for over­seas drug man­u­fac­tur­ers.

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