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LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – British authorities have found more counterfeit packs of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) blockbuster cholesterol pill Lipitor in the legitimate supply chain, highlighting the risk posed by fake drugs, officials said on Wednesday. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first seized fake packs of the medicine in July 2005 but Mick Deats, the…
Read MoreSenate President Ken Nnamani says the National Assembly is working on laws that will support and enhance the activities of NAFDAC. Nnamani disclosed this at the weekend in Awka when the Anambra State Government hosted NAFDAC Director General NAFDAC Dora Akunyili to honour her for the award she bagged from the New York-based Times Magazines. 18 July 2006 Read the…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) — The problem of drug counterfeiting is taking on crisis proportions, health-policy experts said late last week, but U.S policymakers are not giving the issue the attention it deserves. 'They just don`t get it, and I don`t think it`s possible for us to walk away from this and say `just write your congressman and they`re…
Read MoreCHITTAGONG, Jul 11: A fake medicine manufacturing factory has been unearthed in north Agrabad area in the port city recently. Chittagong Port (CP) Magistrate Munir Chowdhury discovered the factory during a scheduled drive. Sources said illegal and adulterated medicines were manufactured in this factory which had been doing business in the name of Orison Pharmaceuticals Ltd in the country. This…
Read MoreA Gardena man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge of selling 3,000 tablets of counterfeit erectile dysfunction drugs from China, prosecutors said Monday. Masaru Yamasato, 44, signed an agreement last month to plead guilty to one count of selling a counterfeit drug, which carries a maximum one-year sentence and a $1,000 fine. By Matt Krasnowski11 July…
Read MoreImad Majed Hamadeh, 51, of Dearborn Heights and Theodore Schenk, 73, of Miami Beach, Florida each pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging them with conspiracy to Violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), United States Attorney, Stephen J. Murphy announced today. Hamadeh and Schenk pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Detroit before the Honorable Gerald E.…
Read MoreAgriculture Ministry investigators intercepted a vehicle carrying fake veterinary medicines and unlicensed pesticides at a checkpoint near Bet Aryeh, in the West Bank. According to suspicions, the vehicle's driver, an Arab Israeli resident of Baka al-Gharbiya, attempted to smuggle the medicines into Israel from the Palestinian Authority. 09 July 2006 Read the full story at ynetnews.com.
Read MoreDavao City (7 July) — Local government units must take extra caution in buying cheap medicines. Davao City councilor Pilar Braga in an interview said that with the proliferation of cheap medicines which are often associated with fake drugs, the government must take necessary measures since government purchases are given to the lowest bidder. 07 July 2006 Read the full…
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