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Fake Viagras abound, NBI warns
The National Bureau of Investigation yesterday warned the public on the proliferation of counterfeit medicines in the local market following the seizure of fake Viagra and Norvasc from several drugstores in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon and Northern Luzon in separate operations. Viagra and Norvasc are both Pfizer prescription drugs. NBI Intellectual Property Rights Division Chief…
[...]NABP Educates State Legislators on Dangers of Counterfeit Drugs
State Leadership is Critical in Protecting U.S. Drug Supply SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) warned state legislators from across the country about the growing risk of counterfeit drugs on our nation's drug supply at a forum today. The forum was part of the National Conference of…
[...]Flu shot defendants’ sentencing reset
Daily Health Policy Report
U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert on Monday in a New York federal court granted an injunction that further delays part of a counterfeit drug law that would have taken effect last Friday, "strik[ing] a blow against FDA efforts to curb counterfeit drugs," the Wall Street Journal reports. The Prescription Drug Marketing Act requires only…
[...]Cheap prescription drugs on-line – BAD MEDICINE
Any Malaysian with an e-mail account would have had the displeasure of receiving e-mail with such headings or similar ones in their inbox. Most of us would normally mark it as spam and banish it to the trash folder, never to be seen again. But not all of us do. An increasing number of Malaysians,…
[...]Drug pirates leave death in their wake
No one will ever know how many Chinese men — and women — were sexually satisfied after taking the American Number One, Male Exclusive, Great Big Brother pills sold by Xi Yongli. When the product was raised in court recently, it was not its potency that was on trial. Rather, it was the legality of…
[...]Breaches of drug laws on increase
United States Intensifies Fight Against Counterfeit Drugs
Russian probe finds fake drug market big
MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (UPI) — Sales of counterfeit drugs in Russia could be as high as $300 million annually, an investigation by the country's Interior Ministry showed. Police found the number of violations found during the 10-day Operation Pharmacologist exceeded by 12 times the number of violations reported during 2005, the Itar-Tass news agency said.…
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