Bribery list to target drug firms

Provincial-level health authorities are planning to draw up blacklists for medical companies caught in commercial bribery, the Ministry of Health announced recently.

The regulation creating the blacklists bars medical organizations from buying drugs and medical equipment and materials from the manufacturers and distributors listed on the bribery blacklists. The regulation took effect last month.

The blacklists are to be made public on the official websites of provincial-level health authorities, sources said.