Archive for June 2007
Alarming number of counterfeit drugs reach patients
Drugs, even prescription drugs, can be dangerous. Millions of Americans take one or more pharmaceutical drugs every day and the pharmaceutical industry rakes in billions of dollars every year. Most of these drugs are as safe as they can be, and your pharmacist is a valuable gate-keeper that deals with the drug manufacturers, the insurance…
[...]Chinese gangs ‘behind fake drugs’
Trans-national ethnic Chinese gangs are behind the growing trade in counterfeit anti-malarial drugs in South East Asia, the BBC has been told. John Newton, a senior investigator with Interpol, said counterfeits are now starting to appear in Africa too. He said the gangs involved organised criminals working across national boundaries and faking the drugs on…
[...]Warning over fake batch of ‘lifesaving’ cancer medicine
Thousands of cancer patients have been warned to be on alert for a fake batch of a 'lifesaving' medicine. Drug regulators recalled a batch of the prostate cancer drug Casodex after the discovery of counterfeit tablets. A police investigation has been launched after a recent surge in the number of fake copies of key drugs…
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