FDA: Pharmaceutical giant Roche competitive products or fatal blood glucose meter - Roche - Pharmaceutical industries

Recently, news that the global pharmaceutical giantAssociation survey shows that people with diabetes
Roche's product has been burst their blood glucosein 2009 in China has reached 92 million, ranked first in
meters can be fatal.the world, thus bring out the huge consumer market,
In the U.S. FDA's Web site that on August 13 lastforeign pharmaceutical giants have also entered China,
year, FDA issued a warning that diabetics shouldand to seize China's diabetes market. Data show that
avoid using the diagnosis of GHD-PQQ-based with, inblood glucose monitoring market in the United States
the alert, FDA said that from 1977 to 2009 InJohnson & Johnson, Roche of Switzerland and
August, they collected at least 13 cases, 6 casesChina Yicheng Sheng matter is currently the top
occurred in 2008 and 2009.three, which Johnson & Johnson and Roche
This, the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital,jointly accounted for half of the market.
Guang-wei, director of endocrine and metabolicThis means that more than 20 million diabetics test
diseases of the "Daily Economic News" said,data is measured by the Roche blood glucose meter.
GHD-PQQ in the diagnosis of the existence of aRoche Public Relations Manager Xu Chao said in an
defect with certain non-glucose sugars such asinterview, using intravenous infusion of immunoglobulin
maltose, react cause false high blood glucose metertherapy for diabetes only 1% of the total number of
readings. If the patient according to thediabetic patients. However, the conversion to digital is
pseudo-high-value treatment, insulin injections, canstill enormous.
cause low blood sugar, causing sweating, palpitationXu Chao also said that Roche knew this one would
and other symptoms, can cause severe coma, age,take immediate action to assist hospitals in developing
or even occur in patients with large cerebral infarctionstandard operating procedures detected blood
and myocardial infarction, bringing death .glucose was also repeatedly reminded the medical
Guang-wei said that as the foreign death incident hasattention.
aroused the attention of China, there have beenIt is clear that only the doctors know that is not
manufacturers and therefore maltose infusionenough. Journalists call the whole blood glucose
program abortion. The knowledge within the medicalmanagement products Rocand customer service
profession, so measurements at the hospital, thehotline, or busy, or no one answered, the
doctor and nurses will be reminded that, but nowDepartment's explanation for professional diagnosis,
many people buy their own blood glucose meter,the blood glucose meter and not only sold to
though, Chinese people do not eat more thanhospitals, but also sold to individuals, so they are
maltose, once the problem is big eat.busy.
1 diabetes by the Institute of Chinese Medical