Posts Tagged ‘South Asia’
Fake medicines worth RM7.8 billion seized last year
Ibad orders control of fake drugs
Karachi: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has ordered to take effective measures to control the selling of fake drugs across the province. In a meeting held in this regard on Saturday at the Governor House, he underlined the need of strict enforcement of the Drug Act to control fake drugs. 30 March 2007 Read…
[...]FIA seizes big cache of spurious drugs
FDA raids fake thyroid drug makers in Mumbai
3 Medical stores challaned, spurious medicines recovered
JALALIA, March 5 (Online): On the special directives of District Nazim Major retired Tahir Sadiq and EDO Health, Drug Inspector Attock Sahibzada Tariq Masood Shah along with his team challaned three medical stores on the spot for selling spurious medicines . According to details, taking belligerent notice of sale of substandard medicines in Jalalia and…
[...]WHO worried about fake drugs in Indonesia
The World Health Organisation says pharmaceutical markets across Southeast Asia are becoming increasingly inundated with fake drugs, some of which are being used to treat life threatening illnesses. It's estimated that 25 per cent of the drugs on sale in Indonesia may be counterfeits. Katie Hamann reports from Jakarta that police in the Indonesia capital…
[...]Police break up fake drug ring
JAKARTA: Central Jakarta Police have arrested 11 people suspected of producing and distributing counterfeit drugs. Police said Tuesday the suspects produced and packaged counterfeit over-the-counter medicines in Pasar Pramuka market, Cempaka Putih district, to be sold to small health clinics in several regions. 22 February 2007 Read the full story at thejakartapost.com.
[...]Killer pills: Banned but available
Sale of expired, spurious drugs on rise in Afghanistan
KABUL: Seeking treatment for her grandmother is an experience Nilab will never forget. The 20-year-old from the central Logar province had brought her grandmother to Kabul for treating a fever in late July. The 70-year-old passed away after she began medication. "She was fine until the night before," said Nilab. "We took her to a…
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