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After a 12 month long investigation into counterfeit pharmaceuticals and tobacco products Americas Watchdog launched Global Piracy & Counterfeiting Consultants as a way to address the issue of global counterfeiting and piracy( Http://GP-CC.Com ). Within the last few months public attention has been focused on China and India for making toys with lead based paint, or for running "sweat shops".…
Read MoreAt least 82 Chinese companies at the world's largest pharmaceutical ingredient trade show in Italy are not government-certified, The New York Times reports. The companies included Honor International Pharmtech, which allegedly sent counterfeit drugs to the United States, and Orient Pacific International, whose owner has been charged with selling counterfeit drugs for serious diseases like prostate cancer and schizophrenia. Two…
Read MoreGovernment & Multilateral Initiatives The fight against counterfeit medicines is a global one, involving many governmental and inter-governmental organizations. This page provides a guide to those organizations. If you would like to add an initiative to this page, please contact us. World Health Organization Counterfeit medicines. Fact Sheet No. 275. Updated February 2006. General Information on Counterfeit Medicines. Home page…
Read MorePatients and providers need to be on alert and aware of the real risks associated with online pharmacies and counterfeit medicines. Learn about counterfeit medicines in order to avoid, detect, and report them. You can minimize your risk of getting a counterfeit medicine, and you can also fight back by reporting these cases to the FDA, Health Canada, and other…
Read MoreNew Report Warns 14 Types of Counterfeit Artesunate are Circulating in SE Asia The Wellcome Trust recently updated its report on counterfeit Artesunate, an anti-malarial medicine made by Guilin Pharma. Although Artesunate bears a hologram for security, multiple counterfeit forms of this hologram have been discovered and identified. According to the report’s author: “Although, regrettably, the counterfeiters have targeted…
Read More"The problem of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products is rapidly rearing its ugly head in developed countries and this is fueled by purchase of drugs via the internet. The negative impact of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products knows no boundaries. Resistant strains of micro-organisms do not need visa to travel from country to country." -Prof. Dora Akunyili Sadly,…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 24, 2007) — The Partnership for Safe Medicines commends yesterday's announcement by the U.S. Trade Representative of a new six-country Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The purpose of ACTA is to step up enforcement efforts against international counterfeiters.
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