Five current and former AstraZeneca (AZN) employees have been detained by police in China in connection with alleged violations of data privacy laws and for importing an unapproved cancer drug, according to a Bloomberg report.

The report said five current and former employees of the U.K. pharmaceutical giant’s oncology division 💟have been detained. All are Chinese citizens.

Two AstraZeneca Probes by China in Progress

The current and former employees are reportedly being investigated concerning two probes. The first concerns patient data collection and possible violations of China's data privacy laws. The second invo🧸lves the alleged importation of a liver cancer🅷 treatment that hasn't been approved for distribution in the country.

澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:AstraZeneca reportedly employs roughly 16,000 workers in China and has operated there since 1993.

S🌃hares of the company were down mo🐻re than 3% Thursday afternoon.