Fake medicine firm fined, banned after 11 deaths

July 1, 2006

A pharmaceutical company that made a drug which killed 11 people in Guangdong Province has been fined 19 million yuan (US$2.3 million) by a drug watchdog. The production licence of the Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Company, based in Northeast China, has also been revoked by the Heilongjiang provincial food and drug administration and the sale…

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Hologram labels edge out counterfeit drugs

July 1, 2006

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Pharmaceutical Importers Association (LIPA) has a new weapon in the fight against counterfeiters, and a new way of assuring consumers of the authenticity and safety of their medication. Those who have made a trip to the pharmacy in the past few months may have already noticed the new LIPA "hologram" sticker on…

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