Guizhen Church doubt the identity of more than 30 kinds of products as only two drugs

The controversy over the listing of Guizhentang, a Fujian company that is engaged in taking bile from bears, has been unsettled. In a further investigation, it was discovered that the products of bear bile products produced by Guizhen Tang are in doubt, and most of the products are not medicines. In this regard, some people in the industry believe that although China has not yet removed live bear bile, but its basic principle is "bear gall medicine", if the manufacturer does not use bear gall bladder "medicine" but for other purposes, there is no doubt that should be strict limit.

According to the information from the State Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter referred to as the “SFDA”), of the numerous products currently produced by Guizhengtang, only “bear bile powder” and “bear bladder capsule” are the two products that have been awarded by the State Food and Drug Administration. (The batch numbers were Z10980024 and Z20054679, respectively), while none of the other 30 types of products received bear batch drugs or bear batch drugs. In response, industry insiders explained that this means that of the many products that have been produced by Guizhentang, only two are medicines.

The public information revealed that Guizhengtang currently produces more than 30 kinds of products. In addition to the above two kinds of drugs, the other products are mainly bear bile tea and Qinggan tea. However, after querying the website of the State Food and Drug Administration, it was not found that the Guizhentang products had obtained any approval number for health products; but there were only two products for the bear bile health product batch number, nor was it a product of Guizhentang.

In addition, Jia Yaguang, secretary-general of the Chinese Health Association, also stated that bear bile cannot be added to food, or else it is suspected of violating the law. After consulting the “Food Safety Law” promulgated in 2009, it was found that according to regulations, no foods can be added to foods, but substances that are traditionally both foods and Chinese herbal medicines can be added. However, according to the regulations issued by the Ministry of Health, they are both foods and Chinese herbal medicines. In the catalogue, bear bile is not included. This means that most products such as bear bile tea produced by Guizhengtang are neither drugs nor health products, nor are they food.

A Chinese medical practitioner said in an interview that bear gallbladder medicine has been used for thousands of years and has functions such as clearing away heat, removing phlegm, clearing eyes, and killing insects. It can treat hot yellow, summer diarrhea, pediatric convulsions, tsutsugamushi, acne vulgaris and other diseases. Modern medicine confirmed that bear bile powder has antipyretic and analgesic effects, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fibrosis, liver protection, gallstone prevention and gallstone dissolving; Bear gallbladder drugs have also undergone long-term clinical practice. Has an irreplaceable role. Therefore, it is not possible simply to prevent the listing of Guizhentang on the grounds of "mistreatment of animals."

However, the above-mentioned Chinese medicine practitioners stressed that it is not inconsistent for the living bear to take the gall bladder and develop the Chinese medicine industry. The "Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" revised in 2004 has already explained in detail. However, the premise is to make reasonable use of the drug to protect the patient's needs, can not bear the courage to take bile into simple commercial behavior. If Guizhentang's main product is indeed a drug, it cannot be hindered from its development. On the other hand, if this is not the case, going back to the market will not only play a catalytic role in the Chinese medicine industry, but will become a bad example.

Regarding the above questions, as well as the issue of Guizhentang's drug production and the share of its product output, it tried to contact Guizhentang for further interviews. However, as of the time of the press release, the telephones of Guizhentang had never been answered.

Fang Dan, an Asian animal fund employee, said in an interview that opposing some live bears to take a bile company is not to oppose bear bile medicine. Instead, they are opposed to the banner of “protecting black bears” and “developing Chinese medicine”, and they are simply destroying black bears for commercial interests. the behavior of. At present, the products of Guizhentang are mainly called “health products”, and there is no lot number, much like the “Chinese wolfberry essence”. Therefore, using "protecting Chinese medicine" as an excuse is difficult to justify.

In addition to the “identity” issue of Guizhentang products, industry insiders also pointed out that the current number of Guizhengtang black bears is about 400. Under normal circumstances, the output of bear gallbladder raw materials of Guizhentang may not be able to meet the production needs of products, so it is not excluded from production. Frequent withdrawal of black bear bile, which will cause great harm to black bears; and another possibility is that with a limited number of bear bile products added to the so-called health products such as bear bile tea, its product quality may have certain problems .

Fang Dan introduced that the black bear breeding base of Guizhengtang has always been “mysterious”. Although it claims to adopt painless technology to collect bile, foreigners can’t conduct field visits. Therefore, its collection methods, collection volume, and production of bear bile raw materials are all No way to know.

According to public information, the funds raised by Guizhengtang's listing will be used to expand black bear breeding, and it plans to raise the amount of 400 or so to 1200.

According to the above-mentioned TCM practitioners, there is no good substitute for bear bile drugs, and many patients still have a large demand for them. At present, there is no timetable for the cancellation of bear bile for domestic consumption. However, the basic principle is "bear medicine", if manufacturers use bear bile for other purposes, there is no doubt that such business operations should be strictly limited.

A person from the securities industry stated that at present, information shows that Guizhentang does not seem to be a pure Chinese medicine manufacturing company, so the questions and concerns of the outside world are not unreasonable. Although according to the current laws and regulations, the related production of Guizhentang is not illegal, the moral and ethical issues that have arisen at present have caused great controversy in all walks of life. This may give rise to the attention of the Securities Regulatory Commission and may even have a significant impact on the listing process.