Posts Tagged ‘East Asia’
P500-M fake drugs seized in Tondo warehouse
Investigators find fake drugs in China
Medical investigators have found batches of a fake blood-boosting drug in northeastern China in the latest scandal to taint its pharmaceutical industry, state press reported yesterday. More than 2,000 bottles of fake human albumin were discovered in Jilin Province at 18 hospitals and 39 retail and wholesale drug outlets, China Central Television reported. 11 June…
[...]Chinese gangs ‘behind fake drugs’
Trans-national ethnic Chinese gangs are behind the growing trade in counterfeit anti-malarial drugs in South East Asia, the BBC has been told. John Newton, a senior investigator with Interpol, said counterfeits are now starting to appear in Africa too. He said the gangs involved organised criminals working across national boundaries and faking the drugs on…
[...]NBI raids yield P100,000 in fake hypertension drugs
The National Bureau of Investigation recently confiscated alleged imitations of hypertension drugs worth over P100,000 from four different pharmacies in Laguna province. NBI Chief of Intellectual Property Rights Division (IPRD) head agent Jose Justo Yap said the NBI team found some 2,323 pieces of fake hypertension and vasodilator drugs in pharmacies in San Pablo City,…
[...]DOH intensifies info drive vs. fake drugs
To ensure that the sick will not be conned, the Department of Health continues its drive against counterfeit drugs through active information dissemination. Counterfeit medicines are those that are deliberately and fraudulently mislabeled with respect to identity and source and can apply to both branded and generic products. Counterfeit products may include those with the…
[...]China recognises GSK for busting fake drugs racket
KAOHSIUNG CUSTOMS OFFICE UNCOVERS VIAGRA-SMUGGLING
Taipei, April 23 (CNA) The Kaohsiung Customs Office (KCO) under the Ministry of Finance uncovered smuggled counterfeit Viagra and sleeping drugs in a container imported from China Monday, a Customs officer said. Also found in the same container were 194 China-made granite urns that are under import controls, the officer said. By Ruth Wang23 April…
[...]Price, quality checks initiated on Ho Chi Minh City medicines
Vietnamese health inspectors, market regulators, customs officials and police began joint inspections Monday on pharmaceuticals in Ho Chi Minh City to eliminate fake drugs and arbitrary price hikes. The inspections are expected to last for the next 10 days, focusing on price quotations and invoices. Enterprises will be punished severely if found without proper invoicing…
[...]RM14 Mln Of Fake Sexual Stimulants Seized
PETALING JAYA, March 22 (Bernama) — The Health Ministry seized 1.4 million capsules of fake sexual stimulants worth RM14 million from a container in Penang recently, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said Wednesday night. He said the seizure, the biggest so far by the ministry's pharmaceutical enforcement division, was made on March…
[...]TV watchdog finds fake Viagra pills containing flour and mould
Beijing. March 19. INTERFAX-CHINA – A fake and unapproved health care products ring has been discovered, selling into 17 cities and provinces via the logistic transportation hub of Dafeng city, Jiangsu province, local media reported. Among the cornucopia of fake cures made by the firm it was found it was producing a Viagra-like pill containing…
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