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Signing 6 fake medicines to treat diseases, former deputy minister Truong Quoc Cuong said: “I’m sorry”

This morning, May 13, the trial of the accused Truong Quoc Cuong former Deputy Minister of Health, and 13 other defendants in the case of Trafficking in counterfeit drugs and medicines bearing the Health 2000 Canada label continue with the interrogation.

Signing 6 fake medicines for treatment, former deputy minister Truong Quoc Cuong said:

Defendant Truong Quoc Cuong (white shirt) in court – Photo: Minh Hung

According to the allegation, in the role of Director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam, Standing Vice Chairman of the Drug Review Council, defendant Truong Quoc Cuong is responsible for appointing, administering and supervising the activities of the permanent registration department. prescribed medication. However, Truong Quoc Cuong did not properly and fully perform the assigned tasks, so that Pham Hong Chau (former Head of Drug Registration Department, Drug Administration of Vietnam, Ministry of Health) and the standing department of drug registration made many mistakes. offense.

Mistakes such as: Bringing 2 drug records H2K Levofloxacin and H2K Ciprofloxacin for early assessment before nearly 1,000 other drug records are not in accordance with regulations, showing priority without good reason; added illegal documents to the above 2 drug records after the expert group requested not to issue a registration number. Based on this document, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, former deputy director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam, wrote and corrected the appraisal minutes from not issuing to supplementing records; requesting a registration number while the application does not meet the prescribed conditions, resulting in 7 fake Health 2000 drug labels being approved, granting registration numbers so that 6/7 drugs are imported into Vietnam. treatment for patients.

Answering the trial panel on this morning of May 13, former Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong said that the defendant felt very sorry for the events that had happened. As the director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam, the Ministry of Health at the time the violation occurred, the defendant asked to accept the responsibility of the head. However, defendant Cuong wanted the court to consider, because he said the defendant was not reported.

“I’m sorry about the incidents that I was not reported to, from the specialist, the head of the department, to the deputy director who was assigned to be in charge,” – defendant Cuong said.

Presenting in court, defendant Truong Quoc Cuong affirmed that consular legalization is an important step in the drug evaluation dossier, this defendant is also “sure” that the above 2 drug records do not have consular legalization. . The reviewers failed to review the records of these two drugs.

According to the defendant, former deputy minister of health, in the new appraisal process, there was no report to the director.

Before the question of why not suspend the circulation of counterfeit drugs despite being warned by the authorities, the former Deputy Minister of Health stated that the defendant was very concerned about this. “More than a decade ago, I actively directed the verification process, but the feedback was not clear. In particular, when I discussed it, there was no room in the functional departments to advise me that it could be recovered. “- Defendant Cuong said.

Regarding the issues of the subordinates erasing documents and adding more documents to the file, when asked about his views with the testimony of other defendants, defendant Truong Quoc Cuong presented, at the stage of file appraisal. , in the past there were some shortcomings of the team leader, which his predecessor abandoned, and replaced it with a collective appraisal. For the collective assessment, only one box is given to check whether to agree or disagree. When this box has been checked, there are 3 people signing behind it, it shows that it is the opinion of the group.

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