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WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) recommends that consumers exercise caution when shopping online for their medications. This announcement comes after the recent death of a Canadian woman who purchased counterfeit drugs online. A coroner's report found that the products were contaminated with extremely high levels of metal. Prior to shopping online, APhA advises consumers to…
Read MoreFollowing 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 measures to promote medicine exports…
Read MoreA Chinese factory was the source of a fake chemical used in medicines that killled at least 100 patients, mainly children, after it was used to make cough medicine, NYT reports in an excellent 7-page investigation. Through a state-owned company, Taixing Glycerine sold diethylene glycol as pharmaceutical grade glycerine. Diethylene glycol is used in solvents and as an antitfreeze. When…
Read MoreMinister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says counterfeit drugs on the local market is an issue and it is one that "must be a priority for us." Ramsammy said the ministry has been collaborating with local laboratories to test drugs and they have not found large numbers of counterfeit drugs. For the last year, he said, they found two cases…
Read MoreVANCOUVER — Shoddy pills from a bogus online pharmacy are to blame for the death of a 58-year-old woman from Vancouver Island, a coroner’s report says. Yesterday’s conclusion makes Marcia Bergeron the first clear-cut case of a death stemming from counterfeit drugs bought on the Internet, but it likely won’t be the last, said Rose Stanton, regional coroner for Vancouver…
Read MoreThe Union government will introduce a new Bill with severe penalties against makers and sellers of fake and spurious drugs in the next session of Parliament, as part of a package of five health and pharmaceutical legislations aimed at tightening regulations related to drug approvals, manufacturing, functioning of hospitals, practising doctors, diagnostic centres, and even paramedical staff in the country.…
Read MoreVANCOUVER/CKNW – A BC coroner has ruled a Quadra island woman who died after buying and ingesting a number of drugs she purchased on line suffered from cardiac arrhythmia brought on by metal toxicity. And the report highlights the dangers of buying drugs on line. Marcia Ann Bergeron was 58 years old. She is believed to have died just after…
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