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Packets of fake pills are being smuggled into high-street chemists and sold as real medicines that prevent heart attacks or fight cancer, putting the lives of millions of British patients at risk. Criminal gangs that cut their teeth selling fake Viagra on the internet and went on to push dummy drugs in poor countries are…

SINGAPORE: Illegal sex drugs have claimed the lives of another six Singaporean men, bringing the death toll to 10 this year. The oldest victim is an 84-year-old man. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said the latest fatalities reinforce the serious health hazards brought about by consuming these products. 31 October 2008 Read the full story…

Wutipong Taora examines tiny pills packed in boxes, looking for evidence that fake drugs are being imported. Dubbed the "fake medicine investigator", Mr Wutipong works for the Investigation and Suppression Bureau under the Customs Department. He inspects suspicious medicine imported into the kingdom. By Wassayos Ngamkham 13 October 2008 Read the full story at bangkokpost.com.

Robert Neil Spence is a name you probably haven't heard and Cardinal Health officials would rather not discuss. He's a former Cardinal employee who pocketed more than $350,000 in kickbacks from a felon to purchase prescription drugs for the company. While the Dublin pharmaceutical supplier has been dogged this year by federal authorities for the…

Lawmakers called for tighter monitoring of imported drugs and medicine Thursday, expressing worries over the possible hazardous effects of fake drugs on consumers. During a parliamentary inspection of the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA), the legislators urged the agency to strengthen measures to ensure the safety of imported Chinese drugs. By Kang Hyun-kyung9 October…

Lagos State government, on Monday, confiscated drugs worth N80 million as the Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods sealed seven illegal pharmaceutical premises and arrested two operators. By Kunle Awosiyan 7 October 2008 Read the full story at tribune.com.ng.

THE national and international Police are investigating 38 pharmacies for dealing in and selling counterfeit medicine. Police said 10 suspects were arrested as investigations go on. Police publicist Judith Nabakooba, National Drug Authority officer Kate Kikule and Uganda Revenue Authority customs officer Geoffrey Balamaga addressed the media at the Uganda Interpol headquarters yesterday. By Nicholas…

GOVERNMENT authorities have seized several tonnes of counterfeit, unregistered and expired human and veterinary medicines in a special operation carried out last week. The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mr Robert Manumba, told a news conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday that in the operation code named �Mamba� 233 boxes of veterinary drugs were seized.…

More than two million counterfeit drugs destined for Africa have been seized in Belgium, customs officials say. They said the shipment from India, including copies of an anti-malaria drug, was the biggest seizure of fake medication ever made in Europe. 3 October 2008 Read the full story at bbc.co.uk.

WASHINGTON (AP) � Congress has passed a bill intended to crack down on rogue online pharmacies that sell drugs without a valid prescription. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., would prohibit the sale of controlled substances over the Internet without a prescription written by a doctor who has conducted an in-person examination of…