China helps bust US drug websites

FDA official praises crucial role played by domestic agency

An operation by China and the US has shut down illegal Chinese-language websites in the US selling counterfeit date-rape drugs and Viagra, Christopher Hickey, director of the Food and Drug Administration's China Office, told China Daily in an exclusive interview.

"We welcome and appreciate the role played by the China State Food and Drug Administration to initiate the campaign and hope to continue combined efforts in the global fight against counterfeit drugs," said Hickey, who has been leading a team of 13 members in China for nearly four years.