BEIJING—A Chinese maker of rabies vaccine was fined 9.1 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) on Oct. 16 for falsifying production records in a scandal that prompted a nationwide crackdown on the industry.
Disclosure of the case, and the failure of authorities to act immediately after finding inconsistencies in the company’s records in late 2017, triggered a public outcry following deaths and injuries due to fake or shoddy medicines, milk, toys and other products.
