HAMILTON — An Ontario pharmacist is facing a number of criminal charges in what police are describing as the first-ever case of a Canadian pharmacy that dispensed counterfeit versions of real medication to patients. By the Canadian Press September 9, 2005 Read the full story at canada.com.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police on Thursday hailed the bust of a Sino-US piracy ring making fake Viagra, but denied using arrests of Americans or other foreign nationals to publicise the fight against piracy, which the United States says China is losing. By Reuters September 8, 2005 Read the full story at reuters.com.

Faced with unprecedented levels of counterfeit and increasingly dangerous goods coming into Canada, Ottawa is preparing to give customs and police officers tough new powers to stop such items at the border and prosecute those preying on consumers. By Elizabeth Thompson September 6, 2005 Read the full story at canada.com.

Nigeria has banned the import of pharmaceuticals produced by 30 Asian companies, including 24 Indian, alleging the firms sent counterfeit and substandard drugs to Africa's most-populous nation, officials said on Friday. By the Associated Press September 2, 2005 Read the full story at hindustantimes.com.

LAGOS, 2 September (IRIN) – The proportion of fake and often deadly medicines in Nigeria has dropped from nearly 70 percent circulating in 2002 to less than 10 percent three years later, according to the country's drug control agency. By IRIN NewsSeptember 2, 2005 Read the full story at alertnet.com.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 1 /– For a second consecutive year, the United States has been ranked as the worst country worldwide for drug counterfeiting, theft and diversion of prescription medications. September 1, 2005 Read the full story at yahoo.com.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ — The groups that negotiated a groundbreaking agreement nearly three years ago to create Ohio's Best Rx, a prescription drug discount card program designed specifically to help people without prescription drug insurance, today joined with the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) to propose amendments to make the program available to more Ohioans.…

AUSTIN – A new state law that would help Texans buy less expensive prescription drugs from Canada has been halted pending review of a complaint that the provision violates a federal drug import law. By the Associated Press August 31, 2005 Read the full story at dfw.com (Free registration required).