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National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned market operators in Aba on the consequences of not allowing its officers to perform their legitimate duties. The Chief Regulatory Officer in-charge of Aba Zonal Office of the agency, Mr Kehinde Mamudu gave the warning in an interview with our correspondent in Aba on Thursday. 08 August 2006 Read…
Read MoreDrugs from Canada aren’t really from Canada, says MARV SHEPHERD, and their profits support terrorists worldwide. What difference does it make if Americans save a few bucks and buy their prescription drugs through the mail from Canada? Canada’s drugs are as safe as ours, right? And who cares who gets the money if your grandma gets the drugs she needs…
Read MoreOTTAWA – Health Canada is informing consumers about a batch of counterfeit Lipitor (the brand name for atorvastatin) found on the market in the United Kingdom. This drug is used to treat high cholesterol. The counterfeit Lipitor has a lot number of 004405K1, with an expiration date of "11 2007." The counterfeit Lipitor was originally removed from the market in…
Read MoreA federal grand jury yesterday indicted five people and a local pharmacy in an alleged conspiracy to illegally distribute weight-loss drugs over the Internet. The operation, run by a California-based Internet company, Rx Medical One, netted more than $33.6 million in illicit proceeds, the indictment alleged. By MICHAEL HINKELMAN02 August 2006 Read the full story at philly.com.
Read MoreCHINA'S armed forces health department yesterday published a list of 16 bogus military medical institutions advertising fake drugs, as it battles health fraud. "These bogus military institutions advertised fake drugs in newspapers, magazines and on Websites, posing a serious threat to public health and to the image of the People's Liberation Army," said the Health Department of the PLA General…
Read MoreAccra, July 27, GNA – High tariffs and taxes on imported medicines in Ghana and other African countries are driving many people to traditional quack cures or to cheap counterfeit medicines. Ghana places 22.3 per cent levy on imported drugs; Congo-Kinshasa, 39.5 per cent; Morocco, 18.3 per cent and Zimbabwe, 22.5 per cent. Brazil, whom all the countries wanted to…
Read MoreBEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) – More than a fifth of all Chinese goods from dumplings to electric blankets fail to meet quality standards, creating potential health and safety risks, officials said on Thursday. They blamed the prevalence of fake and shoddy goods on the underdeveloped state of the economy and said counterfeiters were becoming more sophisticated and harder to catch.…
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