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FDA Deputy Commissioner Deborah Autor
Partnership for Safe Medicines Interchange Speaker Announced: FDA’s Deborah Autor
Deborah Autor, Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will speak at the 2nd annual Partnership for Safe Medicine’s Interchange on October 27, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Autor leads a Directorate newly created in July 2011 which includes the Office of Regulatory…
[...]Medicine Counterfeiting Major Obstacle to World Health
”Drug counterfeiting is a major obstacle,” to one-third of the world’s population that would seek essential medicines, said Dr. Paul Orhii at a workshop for health correspondents. Dr. Paul Orhii, Director-General of the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that 270 million people in Africa lack access to real…
[...]Partnership for Safe Medicines Announces 2011-2012 Alsberg Fellowship Recipient
The Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) today announced that Timothy K. Mackey, MAS, has been named the 2011-2012 Carl L. Alsberg, MD, Fellow for Safe Medicines. Established in honor of former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Carl L. Alsberg, MD, the fellowship provides a stipend to support research in drug safety. Mackey is in…
[...]Counterfeit Botox Suspected in Shanghai Beauty Salons
Experts estimate that 80% of cosmetic injections in Shanghai are suspect. At a medical conference in Shanghai, experts warned that cosmetic injections, such as Botox and dermal fillers, as well as skin whitening products, purchased and injected at beauty salons and unlicensed clinics are very likely to be counterfeit. The popularity of cosmetic injections is…
[...]Ukraine Makes Medicine Counterfeiting Criminal
Ukraine has adopted laws that criminalize the manufacture and sale of counterfeit medication. With a passing vote of 72% of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian parliament, the criminal code was amended with an article called “Medicine Counterfeiting or the Traffkcing of Counterfeit Medicine, reported the Kyiv Post. The law penalizes the manufacturers as well as resellers…
[...]Leontiadis N, Moore T, Christin N. Measuring and Analyzing Search-Redirection Attacks in the Illicit Online Prescription Drug Trade. Proceedings of the USENIX Security Symposium; 2011: San Francisco, California: USENIX Security Symposium; 2011 p. 1-17.
Abstract: We investigate the manipulation of web search results to promote the unauthorized sale of prescription drugs. We focus on search-redirection attacks, where miscreants compromise high-ranking websites and dynamically redirect traffic to different pharmacies based upon the particular search terms issued by the consumer. We constructed a representative list of 218 drug-related queries and automatically…
[...]Cancer, HIV and Hemophilia Medicines Counterfeited
Cancer, HIV and hemophilia medicines are among the most counterfeited medical products in Argentina. Counterfeiters have moved from lifestyle drugs to counterfeiting life-saving medicines, putting the health and safety of unsuspecting consumers at risk.
[...]Fake Medicine From China and India Intercepted by UK Border Agency
A British resident was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for the importation and possession of counterfeit medicine in Northampton Crown Court. Victor Cheke, 42, was convicted of importing packages of medicinal products originating from China and India which were intercepted by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) en route to Cheke. Analysis of the drugs revealed…
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