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DIRECTOR-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Akunyili last Saturday said her agency has destroyed fake drugs worth over N20 billion in the last six years of its inception even as she lamented the activities of fake drug barons. She also disclosed that about 45 persons have been convicted in the process…
Read MoreNew Delhi – After China's toxic toys and jewellery worried authorities in the United States, made-in-China counterfeit Viagra has rattled police in India's financial capital of Mumbai, a newspaper reported Monday. The pills have police officers worried because they were "highly hazardous" yet easily available, the English-language Hindustan Times newspaper said. Last week, the police busted a counterfeit Viagra racket…
Read MoreIf it looks too good to be true…. The price is unbeatable, the Web site proudly displays an accreditation seal of approval, medicines are advertised as “generics” of the branded versions (implying bioequivalence with respect to safety and efficacy), and patients never have to leave their homes. Marcia Bergeron, a 57-year-old Canadian resident likely had these things in mind when…
Read MoreThe Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) has resolved to mandate the Committee on Health to liaise with the Ministry of Health with a view to investigate the distribution, supply and sale of fake drugs in the state. Mr. Ajibayo Adeyeye, Deputy Majority Leader, the prime mover of the motion, noted that the distribution, supply and sale of fake drugs…
Read MoreA 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 pills were not genuine, and…
Read MoreSharjah, August 28th, 2007 (WAM)- UAE Health, Customs and Police authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,600 kgs of fake Viagra into the country through Dubai International Airport, according to Health Minister Humaid Al Qattami. Al Qattami described the attempt as the biggest of its kind in the UAE so far. "The consignment originated from India and was sent…
Read MoreThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched an enlightenment campaign in Abaji area council. A statement issued yesterday by Mallam Umar Salihu Kombo, press secretary to Abaji area council chairman, said the aim of the campaign was to lessen the dangers of fake, adulterated and expired drugs to the society. It said NAFDAC official…
Read MoreLosses 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 10 per cent of the…
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