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Counterfeit medical supplies cause ethical dilemma
As I read about the melamine-tainted pet food, and about the hundreds in Panama killed by phony glycerin from China, I remembered a patient I once saw. She was a dancer in her 40s who had hobbled into the emergency room one October night with a painful, bulging mass in her groin. I gently put…
[...]NAFDAC raids supermarkets, seizes N2m goods
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday raided supermarkets and food joints in Kogi State, seizing goods worth N2 million. The head of the agency in the state, Mr. John Okori, said that the agency had been innundated with reports of fake and banned products in the state capital and…
[...]Fake cough syrup possibly a backyard product
The fake cough syrup known as Mist Expectorant Sedative (MES) now in circulation in the local market might have been manufactured by unlicensed backyard factories, the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority has said. TFDA public relations officer Gaudensia Simwanza said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that Afya Laboratories Limited, the company whose batch number appears…
[...]Counterfeit Medicines on the Rise in India
Adequate health care remains unavailable to most of India's citizens, especially in rural areas. Even those fortunate enough to have access to good care, however, cannot be certain that a prescription from a reliable doctor will ensure their recovery. VOA's Steve Herman in New Delhi explains why. A customer – in this case, someone sent…
[...]EU urged to do more to combat fake drugs
1st European Parlamiantary symposium on pharmaceuticals
Bogus drug victims to get govt support
Fast-growing deadly industry in fake drugs
Task force destroys N8 million counterfeit drugs
FAKE and counterfeit drugs, foods and beverages worth about N8 million were on Friday destroyed in Umuahia by the Abia state task force on fake/counterfeit drugs and unwholesome processed foods. The Chairman of the Task Force, Dr Lambert Mgbaja, said that the items were seized from the Ariaria International market, Eziukwu Road market as well…
[...]Medicines being produced without main ingredients
Many pharmaceutical companies in the country are manufacturing and marketing medicines without their main chemical ingredients, reports. Such evil practices could destroy Bangladesh s burgeoning pharmaceutical sector that export high quality drugs to some 65 countries, industry sources warned.(UNB) They pointed out that some unscrupulous industry owners are manufacturing and marketing sub-standard drugs in the…
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