Saint Louis Area Oncologist Pleads Guilty to Purchasing and Distributing Fake Cancer Drugs

February 16, 2012

View larger map In an FDA report unsealed February 16th, Saint Louis, MO oncologist, Dr. Abid S. Nisar has pled guilty on charges of distributing and receiving misbranded and adulterated prescription drugs, including the cancer treatment drugs marketed in the United States as Neupogen®, Herceptin® and Rituxan®. Nisar purchased the counterfeit cancer from Ban Dune…

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Counterfeit Cancer Treatment Drug Found in United States

February 14, 2012

View in a larger map A counterfeit version of the cancer therapy drug Avastin has been found in the United States, announced Roche Holding AG, a Swiss company. Vials of the medication were tested at Roche and found not to contain the active ingredients, according to Genentech, a division of Roche. A foreign supplier of…

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