Archive for May 2005
Internet companies sell fake Cialis, Lilly complains
WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Tuesday it was investigating complaints against several Internet-based companies offering impotence and other drugs via mail order. Reuters 10 May 2005 Read the full story at alertnet.org.
[...]Canadian prescriptions on the fast track
Prince George's County Council members took a considerable step Tuesday by deciding to bypass their original proposal to create a task force to study importing prescription drugs from Canada and instead expedite the process by looking into the issue on their own. By ANNA BAILEY Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Read the full story at dcexaminer.com.
[...]Legislation aims to curb fake drugs
A proposed federal law aimed at cracking down on counterfeit drugs carries the name of an Iona College student who was sickened by fake medication after a liver transplant. By LEN MANIACE May 10, 2005 Read the full story at journalnews.com.
[...]Stolen, counterfeit drug problems rise
Targeting Phony Pharmaceuticals
(CBS) A sobering book out Monday says your prescription drugs may not be safe. May 9, 2005 Read the full story at cbsnews.com.
[...]Importation & Reimportation of Prescription Drugs
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the FDC Act, along with the Medicare Prescription Drugs, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA), do not violate the substantive due process rights of U.S. citizens by prohibiting the purchase of prescription drugs from Canada (U.S. v. Andrews, 2005). Read the full story at…
[...]Potential Danger Could Lurk In Your Medicine Cabinet
(CBS 2) Are the prescription drugs in your house safe? From misleading labels to recycled pills a new book opens up the trouble that could be lurking in your medicine cabinet. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker has more on these potential dangerous doses. May 9, 2005 Read the full story at cbs2chicago.com.
[...]Partnership for Safe Medicines Says New Book Reveals How Counterfeit Drugs Enter and Compromise America’s Drug Supply
Not what the doctor ordered
In the past few months, experts on prescription drugs warned us about heart attacks and strokes from arthritis drugs, muscle damage and kidney failure from statin drugs, and suicide and homicidal tendencies from psychotropic drugs. Catherine DeAngelis, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, commented on the Food and Drug Administration's program to…
[...]Large Drug Wholesaler to Close Its Secondary Trading Operation
One of the nation's largest pharmaceutical wholesalers, Cardinal Health, is shutting a unit that trades in the secondary drug marketplace, a behind-the-scenes bazaar in which drugs are purchased and resold before finding their way to consumers. By STEPHANIE SAUL Published: May 6, 2005 Read the full story at nytimes.com.
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