Posts Tagged ‘South Asia’
Two Afghans arrested for manufacturing fake medicines
QUETTA: Two Afghan refugees allegedly involved in the manufacture and sale of spurious life-saving drugs were arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) under the Herbal and Drugs Act 1965 on Saturday. The arrests were made in a raid in the Kuchlak area on the outskirts of the provincial capital. FIA officials told The News…
[...]20% of medicines sold are fake: ASSOCHAM
The indigenous spurious medicines market has grown to Rs40bn from an estimated Rs30bn in 2005, as 20% of medicines are sold across India are fake, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). The latest study 'Counterfeits, Spurious & Contraband Goods: Preventive & Remedial Issues, says that of the 20% fake…
[...]Accused in spurious drug case held
HYDERABAD: CID sleuths on Friday have arrested Rami Reddy Pandu Rangadu, an accused in a spurious drug case and against whom a non-bailable warrant was pending since 2001. Rami Reddy, who was nabbed from Satyavedu in Chittoor district, was brought to Hyderabad and produced before the court on Saturday. 7 January 2007 Read the full…
[...]Bhopal gas victims get spurious drugs, say activists
Bhopal, Dec 14 (IANS) Terming it as a 'citizens raid', Bhopal gas tragedy survivors' organisations claimed to have seized a large number of sub-standard and expired drugs from two medical stores of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department. 'A joint team of four organisations, working for the victims of the world's worst man-made…
[...]Rampant circulation of fake drugs in the global market
Mumbai, Dec 10: Concerned over rampant circulation of fake drugs in the global market, India's apex drug control body has taken the matter to the World Health Organisation as it seriously affected the public health in the country. "The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has begun talks with the World Health Organisation (WHO) over…
[...]Fake drugs racket busted, one held
A fake medicine racket has been busted in Howrah, with the arrest of the 48-year-old kingpin, Mahesh Kumar Rathi, and seizure of fake medicines worth around Rs 7 lakh. Rathi was picked up on Wednesday night following raids on his house at 197 Ramkrishnapur Lane and two drug outlets, on GT Road (in Shibpur) and…
[...]Fake Drugs Create a Bitter Pill for Patients Overseas
In February 2005, a 23-year-old Burmese man checked into a rural hospital in East Burma with a fairly ordinary case of malaria. The hospital gave him the usual treatment — artesunate pills, a medicine heralded as a miracle cure for its speed in treating the disease. Three days later, he slipped into a coma. Within…
[...]Clinic sealed for selling stolen and expired medicines
The health officials after recovering stolen and expired medicines of Health Department Punjab Hospital have sealed the clinic and informed Chief Drugs Inspector Punjab and Quality Control Board. Drug Inspector Attock, Sahibzada Tariq Masood Shah on the directives of Executive District Officer (EDO) Health, Dr Mussarat Hussain raided a private hospital run by Dr Sher…
[...]UN task force warns people against buying medicines online
A United Nations-led task force has warned people against buying medicines from rouge websites as 50 per cent of the drugs sold online may be counterfeit which could promote drug resistant strains of the disease, worsen medical conditions and even kill patients. It also called for strengthening laws to deal with such online pharmacies to…
[...]Store sealed for selling expired drugs
NAWABSHAH: A medical store located in front of the People s Medical College Hospital was sealed by Provincial Drug Inspector on a complaint of Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate on the allegation of selling expired drugs. The complaint of expired drugs was lodged by Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate Malik Roshan Afzal. The judge said…
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