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Fake Viagra Is Death Risk
FAKE Viagra tablets that are so powerful they could kill have been supplied to chemists in Britain. A Chinese factory is producing the pills, which are three times the strength of the real thing, along with other copies of drugs, including cancer treatments. 24 September 2007 Read the full story at dailyrecord.co.uk.
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Discontinue use of online pharmacies
Congress may soon consider legislation that would allow Americans to buy prescription drugs from foreign countries. Lawmakers who plan to vote for it should first read a new report on online pharmacies published by the respected Internet fraud expert MarkMonitor. Published in August while Congress was on vacation, it found that of the 3,160 online…
[...]Study to probe extent of spurious drug industry
Bryan A. Liang: Beware fake pills from abroad
Akron man charged in online fake-Viagra ring
An Akron man made thousands of dollars distributing fake Viagra, Cialis and Levitra for an illicit online pharmacy, federal prosecutors say. Ryan Wheele, 32, was charged in federal court with conspiracy and trafficking counterfeit goods for his alleged role in a ring that sold imitation pills to treat erectile dysfunction under the radar of the…
[...]Fake world of the Viagra plotters
Kenya: Standard Codes to Curb Sale of Counterfeit Drugs
Kenya: Standard Codes to Curb Sale of Counterfeit Drugs Efficiency in provision of medical services may be boosted by a global identification standard, which will provide solutions to poor diagnosis, wrong prescriptions, expired and counterfeit drugs. The benchmark will help reduce the chances of giving wrong prescriptions thus improving management and distribution of drug inventories,…
[...]Study shows unwanted e-mail puts meds only a few clicks away
Viagra plotters’ chance downfall
Perhaps the strangest thing about the trial of eight men and one woman for conspiring to supply counterfeit medicines was that some of them only met each other for the first time in the dock of Kingston Crown Court. As this lengthy trial developed from the scheduled 12 weeks to a shade under nine months…
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