Earlier this month, the government suspended production and sale of the generic drugs -- methotrexate and cytarabin hydrochloride.
Several children suffering from leukaemia in three hospitals of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Shanghai City felt pain in their legs and some had difficulty walking after being injected with the methotrexate drug in early July, according to the report.
Investigations showed several batches of the two drugs had been contaminated during production, Xinhua said. The factories were closed pending the outcome of the investigation.
Xinhua did not say how widely the drugs had been distributed or whether any had been exported.
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