Drug website safety fears raised

August 19, 2007

A lack of regulation of online pharmacies is putting people at risk from fake medicines, research suggests. Analysis of more than 3,000 sites found medicines for sale without a prescription and some that were likely to be counterfeit or out of date. Industry fraud advisers MarkMonitor also found half of the sites did not safeguard…

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Malaria drugs recalled in Kenya

August 17, 2007

A Chinese pharmaceutical firm plans to recall thousands of anti-malarial drugs supplied to Kenya after discovering a counterfeit syndicate. The vice-president of Holley-Cotec Pharmaceuticals said 20,000 doses of Duo-cotecxin will be removed from sale. He told the BBC an analysis of the counterfeit product showed it had very low active ingredients and patients taking it…

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Rallies to protest fake medicine racket

August 14, 2007

PARALAKHEMUNDI, Aug 14: Paralakhemundi town today witnessed three rallies by different organisations for the recent issues like fake medicine trading, female foeticide. The Lok Sangram Manch along with the CPI (ML) organised a rally and later presented a memorandum to the CDMO demanding action against the persons involved in fake drug manufacture and female foeticide…

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Medicine: Drug watchdog warns against illegal online drugstores

August 9, 2007

The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), China's drug watchdog, has warned the public against buying pharmaceutical products from illegal online drugstores. Those websites operators who do not obtain proper licenses from the drug administration are illegal and will be held to account, said Yan Jiangying, spokeswoman of the SFDA at a press conference in…

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Providing affordable medicine through a ‘People’s Pharmacy’

August 6, 2007

The government recently launched the Apotek Rakyat (People's Pharmacy) program in an attempt to provide affordable drugs and encourage pharmacists to disseminate appropriate information to the public. Head of the Indonesian Pharmacist Association (ISFI) Haryanto Dhanutirto recently spoke with The Jakarta Post's Desy Nurhayati. Question: What are the objectives of the People's Pharmacy program? Answer:…

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Drug imports are no remedy

August 3, 2007

Late this spring, Congress came close to legalizing the importation of prescription drugs from abroad. Although the legislation failed, lawmakers are expected to consider a similar measure soon. Despite the assertions of some pro-importation lawmakers who say that the only things endangered by drug importation are the large profits of the drug companies that overprice…

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Prompt action has been taken: Naveen

August 1, 2007

BHUBANESWAR: With his back to the wall over Minister of State for Health Duryodhan Majhi s statement that he (Majhi) apprised him about the proliferation of spurious drug manufacturing and trade in Orissa much before, a red-faced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik came out in his own defence on Monday. Naveen said he had directed for…

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