Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (D) I-Save-Rx prescription drug program, launched in October 2004, came under attack on several fronts in March. Diane Carol Bast May 1, 2005 Read the full story at heartland.org.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Attorney for the District of Utah are announcing a series of indictments today against multiple prescription drug distributors whose illegal distribution of diverted drugs could affect the safety and efficacy of more than 40 medications purchased by consumers in over 80 pharmacies nationwide. Read the full story at fda.gov.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A company pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling phony, and potentially tainted, surgical mesh, at least some of which wound up in patients. UPDATED: 7:07 am EDT April 28, 2005 Read the full story at local10.com.

The fate of a company that helps people buy prescription drugs from Canada is in the hands of the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy. KELLY HILDEBRANDT 04/28/05 Read the full story at argusleader.com.

Someone once asked Nobel laureate physicist Riccardo Giacconi, who conceived the Hubble telescope, why so many great European scientists moved to America. "A scientist is like a painter," Mr. Giacconi said. "Michelangelo became a great artist, because he had been given a wall to paint. My wall was given to me by the United States." By Robert Goldberg April 28,…

NOGALES, Mexico — The walk across the border from Nogales, Ariz., to Nogales, Mexico, takes less than a minute. The Mexican side has a media nickname, "Pill City." The first thing you notice is the Viagra signs in the dozens of pharmacies that line the closest streets to the border. But we want steroids. Specifically Nandrolone, the same animal steroid…

New Delhi, April 28 : The long delayed draft legislation on spurious drugs, introducing even death penalty for the manufacture and sale of fake medicines, is finally ready to be introduced in the ongoing parliament session. April 28, 2005 Read the full story at webindia123.com.

Southeast Asia has emerged as the global center for drug resistant malaria and is fuelling illicit trade in counterfeit drugs used to fight the disease killing one million people every year, officials said Monday. By P. Parameswaran Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Read the full story at manilatimes.net.

Tennesseans may be able to buy prescription drugs from foreign countries if a bill is approved in the General Assembly. By Judith R. Tackett April 27, 2005 Read the full story at nashvillecitypaper.com.

New Delhi: The US may have busted a major Internet racket selling drugs with its base at Agra, but the business of producing and marketing fake medicines has reached alarming proportions in India. 4/25/2005 IANS Read the full story at thepeninsularqatar.com.