Drug Importation and Safety of Drugs Obtained from Canada

In this issue of The Annals, Veronin et al.1 discuss drug quality with a comparison of simvastatin tablets from the US and Canada obtained via the Internet. Using near-infrared spectroscopic imaging, the research found that generic simvastatin manufactured in Canada was comparable to the brand-name product made in the US. The objective was to determine…

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Bad Medicine in the Market

Counterfeit medicines are an insidious threat to global health, and the risks they pose have been largely underestimated to date. Apart from failing to cure disease, they can cause mental and physical damage–and even death. Fake drugs containing insufficient active ingredients breed resistance, which can make standard drugs useless. No area of the world is…

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Counterfeit medicines pass through Finland to world markets

Counterfeit versions of patent medicines are increasingly passing through Finland on their way to the world market. Last week, for instance, Finnish Customs confiscated a consignment of counterfeit impotence pills and diet drugs. The manufacturers of the genuine substances were notified. In the early part of the year Finish customs had confiscated about 140,000 doses…

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Counterfeit medicines pass through Finland to world markets

Counterfeit versions of patent medicines are increasingly passing through Finland on their way to the world market. Last week, for instance, Finnish Customs confiscated a consignment of counterfeit impotence pills and diet drugs. The manufacturers of the genuine substances were notified. In the early part of the year Finish customs had confiscated about 140,000 doses…

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Investigators find fake drugs in China

Medical investigators have found batches of a fake blood-boosting drug in northeastern China in the latest scandal to taint its pharmaceutical industry, state press reported yesterday. More than 2,000 bottles of fake human albumin were discovered in Jilin Province at 18 hospitals and 39 retail and wholesale drug outlets, China Central Television reported. 11 June…

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Nigeria: China’s Condemned Drugs Boss

A recent report from far away China may have unwittingly demonstrated how pervasive and pernicious the issue of drugs adulteration is around the world and also how different nations have chosen to react to the scourge. According to the report, a Chinese law court had been so disgusted with the illegal, unethical and murderous certification…

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