Posts Tagged ‘East Asia’
Fake, banned drugs rampant, admits Vietnam government
A slew of fake and unlicensed medicines were found at hospitals and health centers nationwide last year, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health admitted at a conference last week. In a report at the meeting held in Hanoi, it said dozens of categories of drugs had been faked, mostly in the northern provinces. The most widely…
[...]China to tighten drug safety checks
China will tighten the inspection of pharmaceutical products to prevent drug safety accidents, the country's drug watchdog said Tuesday, disclosing that the licenses of 353 medicines have been revoked since August 2006. Wu Zhen, deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), said about 3,049 applications for producing new drugs were turned down…
[...]WHO worried about fake drugs in Indonesia
The World Health Organisation says pharmaceutical markets across Southeast Asia are becoming increasingly inundated with fake drugs, some of which are being used to treat life threatening illnesses. It's estimated that 25 per cent of the drugs on sale in Indonesia may be counterfeits. Katie Hamann reports from Jakarta that police in the Indonesia capital…
[...]Police break up fake drug ring
JAKARTA: Central Jakarta Police have arrested 11 people suspected of producing and distributing counterfeit drugs. Police said Tuesday the suspects produced and packaged counterfeit over-the-counter medicines in Pasar Pramuka market, Cempaka Putih district, to be sold to small health clinics in several regions. 22 February 2007 Read the full story at thejakartapost.com.
[...]Fake Viagra worth P35m seized
Killer pills: Banned but available
2 Japanese men nabbed for fake drugs
Thirty-six-year-old Yuya Ohama and 44-year-old Takahiro Ogawa were arrested yesterday at a luxury Sukhumvit condominium. Police also found 20,000 "Cialis" pills. Police said the pair was selling packages of the drug for Bt20,000 on the Internet. The price works out to about Bt500 for each pill. 18 February 2007 Read the full story at nationmultimedia.com.
[...]Beijing police raid bogus Viagra factory
BEIJING — Beijing police have raided an underground factory making fake Viagra pills, the anti-impotence drug, state media reported Wednesday. Xinhua News Agency said police found nearly 2,000 fake copies of the distinctive blue pills in the factory in eastern Beijing, along with machines, packing materials and trade mark logos, all worth an estimated US$320,000.…
[...]China to take aim at fake, dangerous drugs: official
China will step up its battle against fake and dangerous drugs, deepening a probe into pharmaceutical production following a scandal involving a former senior safety official, state media said on Friday. The government will review production licenses for 170,000 drugs, focusing on those given out between 1999 and 2002, the official China Daily cited Vice…
[...]6 tried in China for Tamiflu piracy
Six people have gone on trial in Shanghai on charges of making an unlicensed version of the anti-bird flu drug Tamiflu, newspapers and the court announced Friday. Lead defendant Wang Xun is accused of illegally purchasing the Tamiflu formula for $20,000 and then joining with others to pirate and sell the ersatz drug, Shanghai's Youth…
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