Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
Viagra plotters’ chance downfall
Perhaps the strangest thing about the trial of eight men and one woman for conspiring to supply counterfeit medicines was that some of them only met each other for the first time in the dock of Kingston Crown Court. As this lengthy trial developed from the scheduled 12 weeks to a shade under nine months…
[...]‘Viagra peddler’ goes on trial
A man from Gothenburg has gone on trial for selling impotence medicine Viagra over the internet. The man made millions of kronor from selling the drug to an international clientele. His website was translated into sixteen languages. The man claimed that the pills were original, made by pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The company itself says the…
[...]Illegal online pharmacies cause losses to pharmaceutical manufacturers
Losses amounting to several billions of euros are caused to official pharmaceutical companies annually by tens of thousands of online pharmacies. Illegal medicines bought from the Internet are often stolen or counterfeit drugs, and frequently the contents of these cheap copies is not what it should be. According to the World Health Organization WHO, around…
[...]Drug website safety fears raised
A lack of regulation of online pharmacies is putting people at risk from fake medicines, research suggests. Analysis of more than 3,000 sites found medicines for sale without a prescription and some that were likely to be counterfeit or out of date. Industry fraud advisers MarkMonitor also found half of the sites did not safeguard…
[...]Malaria drugs recalled in Kenya
A Chinese pharmaceutical firm plans to recall thousands of anti-malarial drugs supplied to Kenya after discovering a counterfeit syndicate. The vice-president of Holley-Cotec Pharmaceuticals said 20,000 doses of Duo-cotecxin will be removed from sale. He told the BBC an analysis of the counterfeit product showed it had very low active ingredients and patients taking it…
[...]MHRA Brings Pharmaceutical Counterfeiters to Justice
Fake drugs` export: Govt calls meeting
Following the European Commission allegations that India is the biggest supplier of counterfeit drugs to the European Union, the Union commerce ministry has called for a meeting of key stakeholders in the drug industry pharmaceutical exporters, the Export Promotion Council and the drugs control department to gauge the seriousness of the allegation and take remedial…
[...]India hub of counterfeit drugs: EC
Counterfeit medicines pass through Finland to world markets
Counterfeit versions of patent medicines are increasingly passing through Finland on their way to the world market. Last week, for instance, Finnish Customs confiscated a consignment of counterfeit impotence pills and diet drugs. The manufacturers of the genuine substances were notified. In the early part of the year Finish customs had confiscated about 140,000 doses…
[...]Counterfeit medicines pass through Finland to world markets
Counterfeit versions of patent medicines are increasingly passing through Finland on their way to the world market. Last week, for instance, Finnish Customs confiscated a consignment of counterfeit impotence pills and diet drugs. The manufacturers of the genuine substances were notified. In the early part of the year Finish customs had confiscated about 140,000 doses…
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