Grady Jackson, a defensive tackle with the Atlanta Falcons, said he used the weight-loss capsules. Kathie Lee Gifford was enthusiastic about them on the “Today” show. Retailers like GNC and the Vitamin Shoppe sold them, no prescription required.But the Food and Drug Administration now says those weight-loss capsules, called StarCaps and promoted as natural dietary supplements using papaya, could be…

Government has said it would from this month intensify border checks on drugs coming into the country to control the proliferation of fake and counterfeit drugs.The move comes after reports of counterfeit and fake versions of malaria drug artesunate, commonly known as LA, in Kenya where police reportedly struck and seized hundreds of thousands of the fake drugs and also…

Most people are aware that some jewelry is fake and imitation fancy watches can be bought for less than $50. The only harm here is the economic damage to those selling authentic watches and real gems. But there is a significant business worldwide in the clandestine market of counterfeit prescription drugs that has caused real trouble. Untold numbers of people…

The Ministry of Public Security put up a notice on its website Thursday offering 10,000 yuan (1,460 U.S. dollars) for information on a man suspected of leading a drug ring pushing fake diabetes medication that has caused the deaths of at least two people. Li Dong, the main suspect at large, was born in 1970 and allegedly sold the fake…

SANTO DOMINGO. – The Dominican pharmaceutical sector, grouped in three associations, yesterday accused the Public Health authorities of negligence for allowing the growth of the fake medicines market of around 800 to billion pesos per year, and doesn’t discard that other deaths have occurred for the use of fake anti tetanus boosters. 6 February 2009