A federal grand jury has indicted the owner of a Burnsville-based online pharmacy on charges of fraudulently selling millions of dollars in addictive painkillers without valid prescriptions. By Maura Lerner and Warren Wolfe August 25, 2005 Read the full story at startribune.com.

An internet prescription drug scam that caught the attention of Missouri`s Attorney General serves as a warning to consumers. August 25, 2005 Read the full story at kq2.com.

Leonard Gold buys three drugs for his wife every month — Plavix, a blood thinner; Fosamax, for bone loss; and Aricept, for memory loss. Gold, 86, of Oceanside, could sign up for a Medicare discount prescription drug plan. But the paperwork overwhelms him. So he uses a Nassau County discount card, which saves him $50 per month off his $400…

A hot car, rolled up windows, and prescription drugs; not a good combination. Now a new study warns of potentially deadly results when mail order medications are exposed to high heat. 7's Healthcast reporter, Dr. Deanna Lites, has more on this medicine meltdown. By Dr. Deanna Lites August 23, 2005 Read the full story at whdh.com.

The sports shoe manufacturer New Balance is about to return to Argentina after four years of absence, after it completes some sort of "cleaning" of the market of pirated copies of their famous shoes. Tired of complaining about counterfeits they hired a law firm which followed the trace of copied shoes to stores and traders and by the end of…

WASHINGTON — The guests thought they were headed to an early afternoon wedding on a yacht docked near Atlantic City. They ended up in jail instead, courtesy of an elaborate ruse by federal authorities hoping to bust up an international smuggling ring. By Mark Sherman August 22, 2005 Read the full story at chicagotribune.com.

It should not come as a surprise to anyone who has visited a doctor for even the most minor of medical complaints and been presented with a prescription for a vast array of colorful pills that the call for Western pharmaceuticals in Taiwan is huge. By Gavin Phipps August 21, 2005 Read the full story at taipeitimes.com.

Ever wondered why sometimes you take a drug but your condition worsens instead of improving? Chances are that you are on a counterfeit drug. Industry sources reveal that over 50 per cent of all medicines in the Kenyan market are counterfeits. By Wandera Ojanji August 17, 2005 Read the full story at eastandard.net.

Doctors in the U.S. are becoming concerned about a coincidence that puts travelers at risk for dangerous mix-ups in prescription medications: Drugs in foreign countries sometimes have the same brand name as U.S. medications, but contain completely different ingredients. By Marilyn Chase August 16, 2005 Read the full story at wsj.com (Subscription required).

Illegal sales of counterfeit medicines are booming, fuelled by a combination of the arrival of lifestyle drugs for "embarrassing" conditions such as impotence, hair loss and obesity and their easy marketing on the internet, Britain's drugs watchdog said yesterday. By Celia Hall, Medical Editor August 16, 2005 Read the full story at telegraph.co.uk.