Fake medicines pose big threat

November 4, 2007

Jacob Hassan was diagnosed with malaria. The medic prescribed three tablets of Metakelfin to be taken at once and three others after a week. Jacob lives at Mbagala Kibondemaji on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam City. As the medical facility had ran out of the tablets then, the patient decided to purchase the dose…

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Nigeria: Nafdac Destroys Fake Drugs Worth N20bn

November 2, 2007

In the last six years the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) destroyed fake drugs that would have sold in Nigeria's pharmacies for over N20 billion, the agency said yesterday. Director General, Dr. Dora Akunyili stated this in Abuja at the first annual international science conference/exhibition organised by laboratory equipment companies Katchey…

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Americas Watchdog Warns About Drug & Tobacco Counterfeiters in China & India and the Dire Need to Stop Them before it’s Too Late

November 1, 2007

After a 12 month long investigation into counterfeit pharmaceuticals and tobacco products Americas Watchdog launched Global Piracy & Counterfeiting Consultants as a way to address the issue of global counterfeiting and piracy( Http://GP-CC.Com ). Within the last few months public attention has been focused on China and India for making toys with lead based paint,…

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Report: China drug ingredients unregulated

November 1, 2007

At least 82 Chinese companies at the world's largest pharmaceutical ingredient trade show in Italy are not government-certified, The New York Times reports. The companies included Honor International Pharmtech, which allegedly sent counterfeit drugs to the United States, and Orient Pacific International, whose owner has been charged with selling counterfeit drugs for serious diseases like…

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