Archive for 2006
DOH warns public vs counterfeit medicines
Counterfeit Medicines can be life threatening, the Department of Health, Region VI warned. According to the DOH about ten percent of medicines bought in pharmacies are fake. Counterfeit or fake medicines are not registered with the Bureau of Food and Drugs. It is manufactured and distributed by persons who only seek for money. 26 June…
[...]Fake products can bypass quality, safety
In San Diego, two people fell gravely ill after receiving black-market silicone injections to plump up their faces. In Salinas, Calif., a woman died after receiving a supposed Botox injection that was actually cooking oil And in Miami, a group of people who thought they were getting Botox became paralyzed after a different, highly concentrated…
[...]Rx for counterfeit drugs
Rancho Cucamonga drug maker Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. will "go live" July 1 with a system designed to track products' paths to hospitals and other end customers. The system consists of software, shipping documents and barcodes that provide specific product information to verify that products originated from Amphastar. By DARLA MARTIN TUCKER25 June 2006 Read the…
[...]Punjab govt forms body
Bogus drug kills 11th victim in China
Bogus drugs could kill
Trading standards officers have warned people could end up with harmful fakes if they buy prescription drugs over the Internet. The officers have been buying drugs such as Viagra, Tamiflu, Prozac and Valium from foreign websites, but some have turned out to be bogus or contaminated. By Andrew French23 June 2006 Read the full story…
[...]Obi pleads against Onitsha drug market closure
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has pleaded with NAFDAC not to close down the multi-billion naira drugs market in the commercial city of Onitsha. NAFDAC accused traders at the market of trading on fake and adulterated drugs and threatened last week to seal up the market and rid the market of such drugs. 23…
[...]Pirate drug warning after stocks seized
Contact: The Growing Concern Over Counterfeit Medicine
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the American Bar Association, Section on Intellectual Property Law
Thank you, Mr. Figg, for that introduction. I thank the ABA Section on Intellectual Property Law for arranging my presentation, and I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. Two hundred and fifty billion dollars in annual losses, and seven hundred and fifty thousand lost jobs. These are among the many costs of intellectual property theft…
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