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Rick Roberts knows first-hand about counterfeit drugs. Roberts, an AIDS patient, questioned his pharmacist after injecting himself with a drug that was supposed to help him keep weight on. Almost immediately, he felt painful stinging. He soon found out that the medication was counterfeit. “For me, the most present problem was not knowing and having nightmares about what was in…
Read MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced new steps to strengthen existing protections against the growing problem of counterfeit drugs. The measures, which were recommended in a report released today by the agency's Counterfeit Drug Task Force, emphasize certain regulatory actions and the use of new technologies for safeguarding the integrity of the U.S. drug supply. "The adoption…
Read MoreThe site by ED Choice, which sells generic versions of drugs like Viagra, Levitra and Cialis (none of which exist in what I like to call "the real world"), features a Google logo with the "o"s replaced by two li'l Viagra pills, as well as this text: We've just launched a pharmaceutical interface for Google, as well as several new…
Read MoreChances are you didn't think twice about the last prescription you picked up from the pharmacy, trusting that the medicine in the bottle matches the information on the label. After all, America's drug supply is the safest in the world. But a dose of reality: as more and more drugs are being sold on the Internet, a new problem has…
Read MoreGUANGZHOU: Five lawyers in Guangzhou have submitted a proposal to the National People's Congress (NPC) to amend the Law on the Protection of Consumers' Rights and Interests. "We have suggested introducing the measure of punitive damages into the law of China. We hope worse punishments for counterfeit makers can stop fake products damaging people's health," said Chen Beiyuan, a senior…
Read MoreAfter ordering a prescription drug for his enlarged prostate earlier this year from a Canadian pharmacy, a 76-year-old Santa Fe man received a letter from the federal government informing him that it had confiscated the package. The man, who did not want to be identified, said he saves more than $200 every three months or so by buying two prescription…
Read MoreAbstract. The use of medicines is ubiquitous. The benefits of pharmaceuticals are sought by virtually all citizens around the world to assist in sustaining life, treating illness, and preventing disease. As such, they represent a significant tool in promoting the quality of human existence. Because of this extensive demand for drugs for these purposes, there is money to be made…
Read MoreAbstract. Varying prices for medicines create incentives to move products from one market to another in an effort to arbitrage the difference; this is known as parallel trade. Nevertheless, this situation allows nefarious individuals to introduce counterfeits into the drug supply due to weaknesses in detection. Both developed and developing countries around the world experience this phenomenon. The United States…
Read MoreA HOSPITAL in Jiangsu Province is investigating whether the death of two patients was caused by a fake drug made by a Heilongjiang Province drugmaker, a newspaper reported yesterday. The two men were injected with Armillarisin A made by the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, said the Modern Express. Wang Xiyong, 27, died on May 4, the report said,…
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