WHO worried about fake drugs in Indonesia


The World Health Organisation says pharmaceutical markets across Southeast Asia are becoming increasingly inundated with fake drugs, some of which are being used to treat life threatening illnesses.

It's estimated that 25 per cent of the drugs on sale in Indonesia may be counterfeits.
Katie Hamann reports from Jakarta that police in the Indonesia capital Jakarta recently arrested 11 men on suspicion of producing syringes containing water.

24 February 2007

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