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QUETTA: Two Afghan refugees allegedly involved in the manufacture and sale of spurious life-saving drugs were arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) under the Herbal and Drugs Act 1965 on Saturday. The arrests were made in a raid in the Kuchlak area on the outskirts of the provincial capital. FIA officials told The News that a huge quantity of…
Read MoreThe indigenous spurious medicines market has grown to Rs40bn from an estimated Rs30bn in 2005, as 20% of medicines are sold across India are fake, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). The latest study 'Counterfeits, Spurious & Contraband Goods: Preventive & Remedial Issues, says that of the 20% fake medicines, whose sale throughout the…
Read MoreWhen Leslie-Ann Lescarbeau saw the sales pitch from a pharmacy called Med4Home on the Internet and TV in 2004, she couldn't resist signing up. Med4Home promised to deliver her medications right to her door and file her Medicare claims for her. Lescarbeau, 50, suffers from asthma and other lung problems and sometimes uses a wheelchair. But what Med4Home actually sent…
Read MoreHYDERABAD: CID sleuths on Friday have arrested Rami Reddy Pandu Rangadu, an accused in a spurious drug case and against whom a non-bailable warrant was pending since 2001. Rami Reddy, who was nabbed from Satyavedu in Chittoor district, was brought to Hyderabad and produced before the court on Saturday. 7 January 2007 Read the full story at hindu.com.
Read MoreDIRECTOR-General of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili has described fake drugs and drug abuse as the greatest weapons of terrorism against public health. Prof. Akunyili said fake drugs caused treatment failures, worsening disease conditions as well as high death toll urging members of the public to rise up and join the crusade…
Read MoreIt is illegal to buy or sell prescription drugs without a consultation with a qualified doctor VIAGRA, made by Pfizer, for impotence. Internet price is around [pound]20 for four tablets. Most widely sold prescription drug on the net. LIPITOR, made by Pfizer, for high cholesterol. About [pound]40 for 30 tablets. The world's best-selling drug. By Jeremy Laurance2 January 2007 Read…
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