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La contrefaon, toujours une tromperie et parfois un crime !
Pour l'OMS, un mdicament contrefait est "un produit dont la composition et les principes actifs ne rpondent pas aux normes scientifiques. Il est inefficace et souvent dangereux pour le patient". Or la contrefaon prend des formes trs diverses. Et elle peut concerner aussi bien des produits de marque que des produits gnriques. Il existe en…
[...]NAFDAC Apprehends Fake Vaccines Vendors
Two Government Health officials and a Medicine vendor have been arrested by a combined team of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Department, over the sale and administering of unregistered and substandard vaccines on unsuspecting patients. A statement by NAFDAC, signed by Abubakar Jimoh, Head,…
[...]Canuck Internet drug industry strikes back
WINNIPEG — Under attack from U.S. regulators, Canada's Internet drug industry came out swinging yesterday at what they claim is a politically motivated smear campaign designed to shut the flow of cheaper Canadian drugs south of the border. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that Minnedosa-based Mediplan Prescription Plus Pharmacy and Mediplan Global…
[...]Canadian Web sites sell counterfeit prescription drugs
FDA stands by warning against Canadian web pharmacy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it stands by its warning to Americans not to buy drugs from a Manitoba-based internet pharmacy, claiming the drugs are counterfeit. The FDA issued a news release on Wednesday warning against ordering 10 specific prescription drugs from 10 websites, including rxnorth.com, canadiandrugstore.com and canadian-safe.com. 31 August 2006…
[...]FDA Warns Consumers Not to Buy or Use Prescription Drugs from Various Canadian Websites that Apparently Sell Counterfeit Products
(This is a reprint of an FDA news release.) FDA NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P06-123 August 30, 2006 Media Inquiries: Catherine McDermott, 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA Warns Consumers Not to Buy or Use Prescription Drugs from Various Canadian Websites that Apparently Sell Counterfeit Products The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising…
[...]Authorities announce bust of fake Tamiflu network
SHANGHAI: Police in the city have uncovered more than 400 kilograms of fake Tamiflu pills, Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau announced yesterday. Thirteen people have been arrested. The investigation showed that the gang made more than 1.6 million yuan (US$200,000) by selling the drugs on the Internet and through other channels to Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jiangsu,…
[...]Knockoff Tamiflu prompts trial
TRIALS will be held "soon" for the alleged ringleaders of a gang that police say sold 4.6 million yuan (US$575,000) worth of counterfeit Tamiflu – a brand-name drug that's believed to be effective in treating human cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, Shanghai police said yesterday. Six of the 13 suspects detained…
[...]Adulterated drugs pose threat to public health
Adulterated medicines, including lifesaving drugs, are flooding the domestic market for lax administration while the country is exporting high-quality pharmaceutical products across the world. Following reports that such medicines are posing threat to public health and putting patients at serious risk, a survey found substandard and counterfeit medicines in many drugstores across the country. By…
[...]Pan Afrique: Mdicaments de qualit infrieure ou contrefaits – 25% des produits consomms dans les pays pauvres sont des contrefaons
Les mdicaments de qualit infrieure sont des produits dont la composition et les principes ne rpondent pas aux normes scientifiques et qui sont par consquent inefficaces et souvent dangereux pour le patient. La qualit infrieure peut tre le rsultat d'une ngligence, d'une erreur humaine, de ressources humaines et financires insuffisantes ou d'une contrefaon. 24 August…
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