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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have seized more than a tonne of fake drugs for impotence, bird flu and malaria, including at least 18,000 fake Viagra tablets, state media reported on Wednesday. The Ministry of Public Security, which launched the national crackdown on counterfeit goods in 2005, announced 10 of its top cases ranging from fake drugs to fake toothpaste…
Read MoreThe Jakarta Police have confiscated more than 160,000 medicines that lacked distribution permits and arrested two people for allegedly distributing the drugs. Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said they suspected the drugs were substandard because they were not accompanied by the appropriate documentation from the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency on their boxes. The medicines were mainly…
Read MoreA B.C. woman is fatally poisoned by counterfeit anxiety pills she ordered over the Internet, four Ontario patients die after apparently consuming fake — and ineffective — heart drugs, while Quebec vendors are spotted selling knock-off Viagra at a flea market. The peddling of bogus pharmaceuticals is becoming such a worrisome problem that Health Canada has begun drafting a new…
Read MoreBALANGIR: The raids and subsequent arrest of Shankar Agrawala, the alleged kingpin and owner of the fake medicine factory in Kantabanji, have only revealed part of a vicious network. On a tip-off, Balangir and Kantabanji police raided the medicine manufacturing unit on Friay and found fake medicines worth over Rs one crore. Balangir SP Himansu Lal said raids were continuing…
Read MoreThe proposed survey of spurious drugs by the Drug Controller General of India should help quantify the extent of the problem and put an end to unsubstantiated numbers being used to buttress various claims. That should, however, not detract from the urgent need of putting in place a system to unearth and prosecute manufacture and sale of spurious drugs. In…
Read MoreIt might not be Armageddon, but fake internet pharmacies are a growing "global disaster" with increasingly dangerous consequences, pharmaceutical industry figures say. The decry follows last week's coroners report over the death of a Canadian woman who dies from metal poisoning after purchasing fake drugs over the internet. By Katrina Megget19 July 2007 Read the full story at us-pharmatechnologist.com.
Read MoreHong Kong's police seized 4,000 units of blood products bearing false registration numbers in a raid in New Territories that uncovered fake drugs made under seven pharmaceutical brands, the Department of Health said. Human immunoglobulin, used to treat certain viral infections, and human albumin solution, used to replace blood plasma, were among drugs bearing fake labels with bogus or no…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) recommends that consumers exercise caution when shopping online for their medications. This announcement comes after the recent death of a Canadian woman who purchased counterfeit drugs online. A coroner's report found that the products were contaminated with extremely high levels of metal. Prior to shopping online, APhA advises consumers to…
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