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Counterfeit Drugs Whether you live in the United States, Russia, or Ghana, counterfeit drugs are a serious patient safety problem all around the globe. Not only do counterfeit drugs defraud consumers, they deny ill patients the therapies that can alleviate suffering and save lives. And in some cases, counterfeit drugs cause great harm and fatalities. In today’s global environment, health…
Read MoreCounterfeit Drugs: Stay Informed November 23, 2008 Drugs with false labels are nothing less than counterfeits Consumers buy products across the counter on the basis of the reputation they have created for themselves either by being consistently efficacious and generating an element of trust, or by clever advertising which makes the customer feel that the product is a “must” in…
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Read MoreAbout Partnership For Safe Medicines Counterfeit drugs are a serious patient safety problem. The Partnership for Safe Medicines is working together to protect the safety of your prescription drugs. Download our organizational profile book. [PDF] The Partnership for Safe Medicines is a group of not-for-profit organizations and individuals that have policies, procedures, or programs to protect consumers from counterfeit or…
Read MoreInternational cooperation is essential to curbing the widespread illicit sale of substandard, unapproved and counterfeit drugs. Another essential step is shutting down rogue online pharmacies.
Read MoreThe chairperson of the National Drug Authority (NDA) Dr. Frank Mwesigye has said that the institution will continue to fight counterfeit drugs on the market to ensure safety and to avoid exploitation of the people. The NDA is a government body charged with regulating drug use and manufacture in the country. 19 November 2008 Read the full story at ugpulse.com.
Read MoreBEIJING — Under fire for not having the resources to better protect consumers at home, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is deploying staff members abroad to work directly with importers and foreign regulatory agencies to guard against contaminated animal feed, counterfeit drugs, toys made with lead paint and dairy products containing melamine. By Maureen Fan19 November 2008 Read the…
Read MoreWebsites fueling prescription drug abuse, selling non-FDA approved drugs taken offline LegitScript, an online pharmacy certification program, announced today that it has succeeded in getting nearly 500 "rogue" Internet pharmacy websites shut down. The sites had been selling prescription drugs or steroids without requiring a prescription, a practice that is illegal and considered unsafe by medical authorities. In most cases,…
Read MoreNov. 17 (Bloomberg) — Interpol seized more than $6.65 million of counterfeit medicines against malaria, HIV and tuberculosis in Southeast Asia and made 27 arrests, disrupting the region's fake drug trade for the second time in three years. The haul, part of a five-month investigation called Operation Storm across Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, involved almost 200…
Read MorePurchasing prescription medications via the Internet, newspaper advertisements or from any source other than licensed pharmacies is dangerous, according to the Health Ministry, which together with the Israel Police has seized thousands of pills suspected of being counterfeit. The effort by the police and the ministry's unit against pharmaceutical crime was part of an international law-enforcement campaign now being carried…
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