The US has the highest prices for medicines in the world, so five American states have decided to import them from Australia. The governors of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, and Wisconsin, Jim Doyle, announced the plan because they feared that US drug companies could cut off access to cheaper drugs from Canada. By Mark Coultan July 20, 2005 Read the full…

CHICAGO – Illinois and Wisconsin announced plans on Monday to add Australia and New Zealand to the states' prescription drug import program, expanding options for their own residents and those of three other states who are seeking less expensive medicines. By Gretchen Ruethling July 19, 2005 Read the full story at nytimes.com.

Cheap imitation medicines are doing more harm than good to patients in the Asia Pacific Region. The FDA has estimated that in parts of Asia fake drugs account for more than 50 per cent of medicinal sales and kill thousands of people every year, reports Hridyesh Pandey. By Hridyesh Pandey July 15, 2005 Read the full story at ap-foodtechnology.com.

6 News has uncovered yet another local claim of the wrong drug handed out at a local CVS Pharmacy. On Tuesday , Tammy Lowery said the pharmacy gave her 5-year-old son, Cody, methadone instead of Ritalin. Because it was the first time he had been prescribed Ritalin, she didn't know it was the wrong drug until he'd taken two doses.…

Cardinal Health Inc., Dublin, Ohio, will market and distribute the "talking" prescription bottles of Wizzard Software Corp., Pittsburgh. Terms of the one-year contract were not disclosed. July 14, 2005 Read the full story at mobilehealthdata.com.

Increasing medication needs, a shortage of pharmacists and English deficiencies among drug store technicians are creating a surge in dangerous prescription errors that has officials demanding action. By Jessica Heslam July 14, 2005 Read the full story at bostonherald.com.

Beulah Hill only takes three prescriptions a day, but she fears that in the coming years doctors will prescribe more and more medications and her costs will rise. By Erin Julius July 13, 2005 Read the full story at newsleader.com.

Counterfeit drugs are flooding the international marketplace, but Nigeria's Dr Dora Akunyili fights day and night to stop it. Dora is angry. Angry that India's government have not sent a representative to the global forum in Paris. Angry because her diabetic sister died from what she is convinced were fake insulin and fake antibiotics. Olenka Frenkiel July 12, 2005 Read…

BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) – People who peddle counterfeit fake drugs, food and other goods that threaten health, should be locked up for at least four years or be fined up to 300,000 euros ($365,000), the European Commission proposed on Tuesday. By Huw Jones July 12, 2005 Read the full story at alertnet.org.