CNN Business
By Michelle Toh, CNN
3 minute read
Updated 12:53 PM EDT, Mon October 23, 2023
Hong Kong
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Three top Chinese pharmaceutical companies, which are backed by top global banks, are using endangered animal parts in their medicines, according to an investigation by an environmental protection group.
In a Monday report, the Environmental Investigation Agency UK (EIA) said it had found 72 companies licensed by China’s drug regulator to be using body parts of leopards and pangolins, two species that face the threat of extinction.