BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) – People who peddle counterfeit fake drugs, food and other goods that threaten health, should be locked up for at least four years or be fined up to 300,000 euros ($365,000), the European Commission proposed on Tuesday. By Huw Jones July 12, 2005 Read the full story at alertnet.org.

South Florida businessman David Pearl II wondered why some foreign sales were slowing for refrigeration testing manifolds made by his company, Uniweld Products. A check of stores told him. Counterfeits were being sold at 40% to 50% off. Donna Howell July 7, 2005 Read the full story at investors.com.

Federal agents have arrested the owner of a shuttered Burnsville-based online pharmacy for allegedly trying to start another Internet pharmacy in the Dominican Republic. Maricella Miranda July 6, 2005 Read the full story at twincities.com. (Free registration required)

A Canadian government official is threatening to turn off the spigot that gushes lower-cost prescription drugs to the United States, often via the Internet. Last week, Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said he will propose legislation to ban bulk exports of prescription drugs to the United States, a statement that did little but muddy the already murky issue of border-crossing…

A bill that could save patients money on drugs by allowing them to take medications that others returned to pharmacies was signed Tuesday by Gov. Jim Doyle. Joe Manning July 5, 2005 Read the full story at jsonline.com. (Free registration required)

The nightly prescription-drug-induced agony of Tim Fagan, a young liver transplant patient from Deer Park, has become the inspiration for much-needed legislation to curb the counterfeiting of drugs. His representative in Congress, Steve Israel (D-Huntington), knows it will be an uphill fight to get the bill passed, but he's absolutely correct to make the effort. July 5, 2005 Read the…

Surat Thani _ Drug regulators are clamping down on fake anti-malaria medicines which have become popular among legal and illegal Burmese labourers. APIRADEE TREERUTKUARKUL Tuesday 05 July 2005 Read the full story at bangkokpost.com.