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INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno has directed regional officials of the interior department and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to join forces with the health department and different local government leagues in cracking down hard on syndicates behind the proliferation of fake medicines in the market. Puno stressed the need to choke the supply of counterfeit drugs in…
Read MoreBritish researchers say they have found a way to shield healthy bone marrow cells from dangerous radiation during cancer treatments, the BBC reports. Writing in the latest issue of the Journal of Gene Medicine, scientists from Manchester University's Paterson Institute for Cancer Research say they have developed a genetic technique that stimulates bone marrow stem cells to make more of…
Read MoreRick 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…
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