‘Goddess of medicine’ jailed, fined for hawking counterfeit cat drugs in China

The chemistry graduate developed and sold a treatment for feline infectious peritonitis, a deadly viral disease. - PHOTO: AFP

BEIJING: Hu Mouyan was known among cat owners in Shanghai as the “goddess of medicine” after she developed and sold a treatment for feline infectious peritonitis (Fip), a deadly viral disease.

But this purveyor of cat drugs is not so revered in the eyes of the Chinese authorities. She was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined 40 million yuan (S$7.5 million) after a Chinese court found her guilty of producing and selling counterfeit drugs for cats.