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As laws are being drafted to regulate the sale of alternative medicine, consumers are being warned against buying drugs off the Internet for personal use. "We are trying to encourage people to stop buying drugs off the Internet because you are not seeing what you are buying. In many instances these are counterfeit drugs and you don't know whether these…
Read MoreRecently, the heparin contamination and drug safety in general have taken center stage on Capitol Hill. In the past two weeks, there has been three hearings in the House and one in the Senate examining issues affecting the safety of our prescription medicines.
Read MoreThe Union of Senegalese Private Pharmacists on Thursday called a seven-hour general strike – from 8 am to 3 pm- to protest against the illegal sale of drugs and increasing attacks on their businesses. The strike, the first to be called by the union, was widely heeded, with most pharmacies across the country remaining closed, observers said. 2 May 2008…
Read MorePapua New Guineans lives are in danger due to increasing amounts of counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals being sold in the country, the PNG government has warned. PNG's Minister for Commerce and Industry Gabriel Kapris said fake medicines were being sold across the country. 2 May 2008 Read the full story at sbs.com.au.
Read MoreMinna zonal command of the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) has intercepted 10 cartons of drugs illegally smuggled into the country. Mr. S. Iheanacho, the zonal controller of the NWS in Niger State made this known to leadership he said that the truck carrying the drugs was intercepted on the Minna-Suleja road. He said that the drugs were hidden in 60…
Read MoreThe Pharmacy and Poisons Board is losing the war against counterfeit medicine on sale in Kenya – thanks to the lack of a law against fakes and proxy wars between manufacturers and importers. Kenyans are believed to be spending about Sh4 billion each year on fake medicine, exposing them to health complications arising from taking drugs that are not effective…
Read MoreAbstract. Counterfeit and/or imitation medicines are becoming a major health problem not only in developing countries but also in wealthier countries. The need of new and easy analytical methods for quality control of drugs is essential. We describe the use of Raman spectroscopy, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and 2D diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) NMR to analyse genuine Cialis® and seven illegally…
Read MoreThe proliferation of counterfeit drugs on the global market and easy availability via online pharmacies is an increasing problem. The makers of counterfeit drugs have enjoyed and profited from loopholes in a system designed to deliver healthy medicines to those in need. The rising cost of prescription medications and the ubiquitous presence of online and overseas pharmacies means more people…
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