Archive for August 2007
INTERNET DISTRIBUTOR CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN FAKE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
(HOUSTON, Texas) � The owner of Pacific Orient International Ltd. has been charged in a nine-count indictment with conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and trafficking in counterfeit pharmaceuticals, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. Kevin Xu, 36, the owner and operator of Orient Pacific International, a corporation located in the Peoples Republic of…
[...]Gambia: Dr Mboob Condemns Importation of Fake Drugs
Dr Papa Ousainou Mboob, a traditional medical practitioner and the Proprietor of Alhagie Alieu Mboob Memorial Clinic in Tobako Road, Banjul, has condemned rampant importation of fake drugs into the country, describing it as a dangerous threat to the health of innocent patients. Dr Mboob made this remark yesterday, in an interview with the Daily…
[...]Kenya: State Steps Up Campaign to Fight Fake Drugs
The fight against counterfeit drugs yesterday moved a notch higher with the launch of a crackdown on the dealers. Dr James Nyikal, the director of Medical Services, said the campaign by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) mainly targets dealers in counterfeit anti-malaria drugs. One person has been charged in court for selling counterfeit Duo-cotecxin…
[...]Kenya awash with counterfeit anti-Malaria drugs
Fake Medications Are a Growing Threat
Counterfeit prescription drugs are a $35 billion-a-year business, and it's growing; by some estimates, 50 percent of prescription drugs in Africa, including those used to treat AIDS and malaria, are fake. Americans have long considered themselves immune, but a huge proportion of the prescription medications and devices used in the United States are now manufactured…
[...]Price control hinders fight against fake drugs
MUMBAI: Price control of drugs in India is making it difficult for companies to fight against spurious medicines as they are unable to set off the resultant increase in cost, Nicolas Piramal Director Swati Piramal said today. "The government does not provide for additional cost while fixing the prices for drugs," she said. Spurious drugs…
[...]Industry vows to fight fake drugs
NEW DELHI: The pharma industry has come up with a solution to curb the menace of fake drugs being rampantly sold in the country. The industry has sought permission of chemicals ministry, the administrative ministry for drug pricing, to allow an increase of 3-4% on drug retail prices so that it can introduce tamper-proof packaging…
[...]Counterfeit Product May Affect Diabetics
Phony copies of blood testing strips used by millions of diabetics in the U.S. came from China. The counterfeit test strips were sold last year under the brand names "One-Touch Ultra" and "One-Touch" basic. Johnson & Johnson's Life Scan makes the real products. The company says it discovered the bogus strips after customers called to…
[...]Trial of Pharmaceutical Company Exposes Counterfeit Medicine Production
On August 8 2007, Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court held criminal proceedings of a well-known counterfeit medicine manufacturing case. Five people from Qiqihar No.2 Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, were criminally charged with, "causing a major liability accident." The well-known pharmaceutical manufacturer Qiqihar No.2 Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. held a national GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice; drug production quality…
[...]Drug website safety fears raised
A lack of regulation of online pharmacies is putting people at risk from fake medicines, research suggests. Analysis of more than 3,000 sites found medicines for sale without a prescription and some that were likely to be counterfeit or out of date. Industry fraud advisers MarkMonitor also found half of the sites did not safeguard…
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