Archive for April 2005
Drug, laundering ring closed down
An illegal pharmaceutical distribution and global money laundering syndicate in Australia has been closed down after Australian Federal Police raided properties in Perth as part of an international crackdown. 21:44 AEST Thu Apr 21 2005 Read the full story at ninemsn.com.au.
[...]N.Y. Attorney General Charges Several Individuals with Internet Drug Trafficking
Last week, N. Y. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced charges against several of drug traffickers who illegally supplied narcotics and other highly addictive controlled substances over the Internet without prescriptions. Apr 20, 2005 Read the full story at govtech.net.
[...]International Internet Drug Ring Shattered
20 arrested in Internet pharmacy crackdown
WASHINGTON – Twenty people in the United States and abroad were arrested on charges they ran Internet pharmacies that illegally shipped narcotics, steroids and amphetamines to teenagers and other buyers around the world, federal authorities announced Wednesday. By The Associated Press Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Read the full story at dailybreeze.com.
[...]Senators spar over imported drugs’ safety
Differences in heart drugs ‘putting lives at risk’
Patients' lives are being put at risk because of substandard drugs, experts have warned. 19th April 2005 Read the full story at .com.
[...]Institute for Policy Innovation: Senate to Make World Safe and Profitable for Drug Counterfeiters and Terrorists?
WASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — Why the Senate wants to make the world safe and profitable for drug counterfeiters and terrorists is a mystery. But this is just the message the Senate HELP Committee is sending today as it hosts hearings to discuss legislation allowing the importation of unregulated and unsafe prescription drugs. Read…
[...]Threat of counterfeit drug imports
As the U.S. Senate takes up legislation to ease restrictions on prescription-drug importation by U.S. consumers, Professor Bryan A. Liang, warns of potential health risks due to the expansion of the prescription-drug "grey market" that may result. Professor Liang, executive director of the Institute of Health Law Studies at California Western School of Law in…
[...]New Findings from Giuliani Report Confirm Dangers of Drug Importation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 18 /PRNewswire/ — A report released last week by Giuliani Partners, a group led by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, says drug importation to America poses a serious threat to safety due to the increased prevalence of counterfeit medicines entering the country. Read the full story at prnewswire.com.
[...]Bargain fares on Rx express?
The Senate plans a hearing today on a bipartisan pharmaceutical drug import bill (Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act, S334) to, among other things, legalize drug imports from Canada and other countries. The bill is expected to pass easily. Why? Americans want cheaper drugs. By Elizabeth M. Whelan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 18, 2005…
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