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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff

China detains five AstraZeneca staff over ‘data privacy and import breaches’

the astrazeneca logo behind a tray of test tubes with a pipette dripping in liquid
The arrests come amid a wider anti-corruption drive by Beijing over the past year. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Chinese police have reportedly detained five current and former AstraZeneca employees as part of an investigation into possible breaches related to data privacy and importing unlicensed medications.

The detentions took place earlier this summer, and targeted Chinese citizens who marketed cancer drugs for the oncology division of the British pharmaceutical company, according to Bloomberg.

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