Fake, banned drugs rampant, admits Vietnam government
A slew of fake and unlicensed medicines were found at hospitals and health centers nationwide last year, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health admitted at a conference last week.
In a report at the meeting held in Hanoi, it said dozens of categories of drugs had been faked, mostly in the northern provinces.
The most widely duplicated were the vaginal tablet Neo-Tergynan, pain-killers Acetaphen and Neotill, anti-obesity drug Reductil, and Theralene to treat coughs.
Source: Tuoi Tre
13 March 2007