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African Stakeholders Meet on Counterfeit Drugs
An international conference to discuss counterfeit medicines in Africa, started this week in Johannesburg. The aim of the conference, which is sponsored by Pfizer, is for representatives from sub-Saharan countries to discuss threats that counterfeit medicines and unregistered generics pose for the safety of patients in this region and to develop joint plans of action…
[...]Warning: buying drugs online can seriously damage your health
Pharmacy Board Destroys Fake Drugs in Kono Sierra Leone
The Vice Chairman of the Task Force of Pharmacy Board, Kono District branch, Emmanuel Thorley revealed to this press on Friday 8th February 2008 that the board has disposed of counterfeit, substandard and expired drugs amounting to over 35 million leones ceased in that district. Mr. Emmanuel Thorley explained that it is routine measure taken…
[...]Hong Kong at center of global drugs scam
Hong Kong is at the center of a scam channeling counterfeit drugs from the mainland abroad, according to an industry insider. Counterfeiters have moved from lifestyle drugs including impotence, sleeping and slimming pills and antifungal shampoos to medicines for severe and chronic conditions such as diabetes, cholesterol, and liver and heart problems, a source in…
[...]Scientists, police lift lid on fake malaria drugs
LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Scientists and police have exposed a major Asian trade in life-threatening fake malaria drugs, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of tablets and the arrest of a dealer in southern China. Details of the unique collaboration, made public on Tuesday, highlight the growing threat posed by the trade…
[...]NCR to have a drug protection authority: Assocham
New Delhi: Sale of fake and spurious drugs in the NCR region to the extent of Rs300 crore annually continues to be unabated, having increased by over 25% in 2006-07, according to a survey carried out by Assocham amongst drug manufacturers. For traders manufacturing fake drugs, the profits margins are very high with no apparent…
[...]F-Secure unveils the names the illegal online pharmacy
Seven men are prosecuted in Sweden for running an illegal online pharmacy. These men are accused for running several web shops selling prescription drugs without a prescription. They started operations in 200s3 and generated several million Euros in revenues until they were shut down in 2007. By this time they had sold drugs to 65…
[...]Nigeria: Global Sales of Counterfeit Drugs Hit $32bn
Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili has stated that global sales of counterfeit drugs estimated at $32billion has dealt a crippling blow of $46billion annual loss to the pharmaceutical industry world wide. Akunyili stated this yesterday while addressing hundreds of African Regulatory Heads and officials…
[...]Nigeria: 80 Arrested for Fake Drugs in Borno – Nafdac
About 80 people were arrested and fake drugs worth more than N300,000 were confiscated by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) in Borno State last year. This revelation was made by the state coordinator of the agency, Pharmacist Sabo Adamu while briefing newsmen in his office in Maiduguri. He said the…
[...]Alarm over killer impotence drugs
One man has died and nine others have been admitted to hospital – one in critical condition – after they were believed to have taken impotence drugs which were fake or contained unregistered medicines. The Department of Health said 10 men have been admitted since December 11. A 53-year-old man died on January 31 in…
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