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The Gauteng health department should tighten controls on expired medicines, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday, after media reports that patients at Johannesburg Hospital had been given old drugs. The Star reported that pharmacists at the hospital have been dispensing expired medicines and covering their actions by sticking labels over the expiry date. 23 January 2007 Read the full story…
Read MoreAny man who bought Viagra and Cialis from Niaja Kane and hoped for solid results would have come up a little short. Kane, 24, of Philadelphia, was sentenced yesterday to 32 months in federal prison for trafficking in fake Viagra, Cialis and Percocet pills. Viagra and Cialis are prescription drugs that treat male erectile dysfunction and Percocet is a prescription…
Read MoreRALEIGH, N.C. Federal officials say a Wilson convenience store operator has been convicted of trafficking in counterfeit Viagra. A jury in Greenville convicted Hatem Abu Hassan on Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, interstate transportation of stolen property and five counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods. The government says Hassan sold a counterfeit Viagra…
Read MoreKABUL: Seeking treatment for her grandmother is an experience Nilab will never forget. The 20-year-old from the central Logar province had brought her grandmother to Kabul for treating a fever in late July. The 70-year-old passed away after she began medication. "She was fine until the night before," said Nilab. "We took her to a doctor and after she began…
Read MoreChinese police dealt with more than 4,600 cases involving counterfeit and inferior goods from January to November 2006, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Police arrested more than 5,000 people in relation to the cases and the value of goods involved reached 1.28 billion yuan (164 million U.S. dollars), an MPS official said. In 2006, police investigated serious…
Read MorePolice have raided several drugstores reportedly selling unregistered medicines in Binondo, Manila, last Friday and have arrested five people, including four Chinese nationals. Newly-installed Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director Chief Superintendent Edgardo Doromal identified the arrested persons as Roger Pincas, sales representative of Vita Green, Teresita Cheng, Kun Zhang Chen, assistant manager and manager, respectively, of Cathay Oriental and…
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