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MOSCOW. Feb 14 (Interfax) – About 60 brands of counterfeit medicines were seized in Russian pharmacies last year, Valentina Kosenko from the Federal Health Care and Social Development Supervisory Service told a Thursday press conference in Moscow. 14 February 2008 Read the full story at interfax-news.com.
Read MoreAn international conference to discuss counterfeit medicines in Africa, started this week in Johannesburg. The aim of the conference, which is sponsored by Pfizer, is for representatives from sub-Saharan countries to discuss threats that counterfeit medicines and unregistered generics pose for the safety of patients in this region and to develop joint plans of action to address the issue. 14…
Read MoreThe Vice Chairman of the Task Force of Pharmacy Board, Kono District branch, Emmanuel Thorley revealed to this press on Friday 8th February 2008 that the board has disposed of counterfeit, substandard and expired drugs amounting to over 35 million leones ceased in that district. Mr. Emmanuel Thorley explained that it is routine measure taken by the board to discourage…
Read MoreHong Kong is at the center of a scam channeling counterfeit drugs from the mainland abroad, according to an industry insider. Counterfeiters have moved from lifestyle drugs including impotence, sleeping and slimming pills and antifungal shampoos to medicines for severe and chronic conditions such as diabetes, cholesterol, and liver and heart problems, a source in the local pharmacy industry revealed.…
Read MoreLONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Scientists and police have exposed a major Asian trade in life-threatening fake malaria drugs, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of tablets and the arrest of a dealer in southern China. Details of the unique collaboration, made public on Tuesday, highlight the growing threat posed by the trade in counterfeit medicines and the…
Read MoreNew Delhi: Sale of fake and spurious drugs in the NCR region to the extent of Rs300 crore annually continues to be unabated, having increased by over 25% in 2006-07, according to a survey carried out by Assocham amongst drug manufacturers. For traders manufacturing fake drugs, the profits margins are very high with no apparent risk. These fake drugs are…
Read MoreBACKGROUND: Increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a critical goal endorsed by the United Nations and all of its member states. At the same time, anecdotal accounts suggest that the promotion of unproven AIDS 'cures' and remedies are widespread, and in the case of The Gambia, Iran and South Africa, have been promoted by governments directly. Although a range…
Read MoreSeven men are prosecuted in Sweden for running an illegal online pharmacy. These men are accused for running several web shops selling prescription drugs without a prescription. They started operations in 200s3 and generated several million Euros in revenues until they were shut down in 2007. By this time they had sold drugs to 65 different countries. 7 February 2008…
Read MoreDirector-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili has stated that global sales of counterfeit drugs estimated at $32billion has dealt a crippling blow of $46billion annual loss to the pharmaceutical industry world wide. Akunyili stated this yesterday while addressing hundreds of African Regulatory Heads and officials who converged at Indaba Conference…
Read MoreAbout 80 people were arrested and fake drugs worth more than N300,000 were confiscated by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) in Borno State last year. This revelation was made by the state coordinator of the agency, Pharmacist Sabo Adamu while briefing newsmen in his office in Maiduguri. He said the agency is doing everything possible…
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