E-commerce giants remove healthcare firm Quanjian’s products following false marketing claims

China’s biggest e-commerce platforms have removed healthcare product manufacturer Quanjian Group’s listings following false marketing claims that allegedly caused the death of a four-year-old girl in 2015, The Paper reports.

Quanjian’s products, ranging from herbal medicines and shoe insoles to anion sanitary napkins, have been removed from e-commerce marketplaces including Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall, JD.com, Suning Yigou, and Pinduoduo.

The removals come after an article posted by healthcare website Dingxiang Yisheng linked Quanjian to the death of Zhou Yang, a four-year-old girl who used the company’s products. Believing the company’s marketing material, Zhou’s father stopped his daughter’s treatment at a Beijing hospital in 2013, instead opting for the company’s cancer-killing herbal medicine.

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