LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan said on Monday it was investigating two local distributors of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche's Avastin cancer drug after 12 diabetic patients injected with the drug went blind.
Javed Akram, the province's Minister for Specialised Health, said police were questioning two men they believe to be the drug's distributors in the state. "The sale/distribution of registered Avastin injection has been put on halt till verification of its quality through sampling and laboratory testing to safeguard public health," it said in a statement on its website.
"In Pakistan, the vision loss from Avastin has been identified by the authorities as a case of contamination by a third party supplier," it added.
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