Counterfeit items pose real threat to public

Faced with unprecedented levels of counterfeit and increasingly dangerous goods coming into Canada, Ottawa is preparing to give customs and police officers tough new powers to stop such items at the border and prosecute those preying on consumers. By Elizabeth Thompson September 6, 2005 Read the full story at canada.com.

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Nigeria bans imports from 24 Indian drug companies

Nigeria has banned the import of pharmaceuticals produced by 30 Asian companies, including 24 Indian, alleging the firms sent counterfeit and substandard drugs to Africa's most-populous nation, officials said on Friday. By the Associated Press September 2, 2005 Read the full story at hindustantimes.com.

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NIGERIA: Huge gains in battle against fake drugs, government says

LAGOS, 2 September (IRIN) – The proportion of fake and often deadly medicines in Nigeria has dropped from nearly 70 percent circulating in 2002 to less than 10 percent three years later, according to the country's drug control agency. By IRIN NewsSeptember 2, 2005 Read the full story at alertnet.com.

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Amendments for Ohio’s Best Rx Discount card program would expand benefits, allow more Ohioans to participate

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ — The groups that negotiated a groundbreaking agreement nearly three years ago to create Ohio's Best Rx, a prescription drug discount card program designed specifically to help people without prescription drug insurance, today joined with the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) to propose amendments to make the…

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Canada prescription drug law on hold

AUSTIN – A new state law that would help Texans buy less expensive prescription drugs from Canada has been halted pending review of a complaint that the provision violates a federal drug import law. By the Associated Press August 31, 2005 Read the full story at dfw.com (Free registration required).

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