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Police today, had seized a large quantity of spurious drugs and arrested one person in this connection for possession of drugs having fake labels of costly life-saving medicines. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a drug store in Leader Road and seized the spurious medicines. The owner of the store was arrested, officials said. 07 July 2006 Read…
Read MoreUna web india ofrece medicamentos falsificados a farmacias valencianas Best Generic Pharmacy es una farmacia on line ubicada en la India. Ofrece medicamentos "genricos de marca", dice en su web , "fabricados en instalaciones certificadas por el Gobierno, que satisfacen o sobrepasan los estndares ms altos de la FDA y la OMS". Pero entre su 'vademcum' se pueden encontrar versiones…
Read MorePolice yesterday arrested at least eight store and warehouse owners found selling bootlegged Viagra in a series of raids yesterday in Sta. Cruz and Binondo, Manila. The seized 1,127 boxes of imitation of Viagra were estimated at a market value of P3.3 million. By Romie A. Evangelista06 July 2006 Read the full story at manilastandardtoday.com.
Read MoreSANAA, 4 Jul 2006 (IRIN) – Poverty is pushing patients towards cheaper counterfeit medicines, many of which have passed their expiry dates and pose a health hazard, according to health officials. Poor patients are at risk from using expired and fake medicines, said Dr Hashem al-Zain, World Health Organization representative in Yemen. Al-Zain added that almost all counterfeit drugs which…
Read MoreThe sale of counterfeit drugs has reached extremely high volumes in the developing world. Some countries are taking steps to address the problem. In Uganda, for instance, the government has authorized the National Drug Authority to fight this issue. Dr. David Mukanga is a pharmacist and public health specialist in Kampala, Uganda. He told Voice of America English to Africa…
Read MoreA pharmaceutical company that made a drug which killed 11 people in Guangdong Province has been fined 19 million yuan (US$2.3 million) by a drug watchdog. The production licence of the Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Company, based in Northeast China, has also been revoked by the Heilongjiang provincial food and drug administration and the sale of the firm's drugs banned.…
Read MoreBEIRUT: The Lebanese Pharmaceutical Importers Association (LIPA) has a new weapon in the fight against counterfeiters, and a new way of assuring consumers of the authenticity and safety of their medication. Those who have made a trip to the pharmacy in the past few months may have already noticed the new LIPA "hologram" sticker on the back of various medication…
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