Archive for 2010
Southern Sudan Builds Drug Testing Facilities
Southern Sudan is revamping its pharmaceutical supply chain, building laboratories and monitoring units to prevent smuggling of fake drugs as it recovers from 21 years of civil war. According to Manyang Agoth, Director-General of the Pharmaceutical Services at the Southern Sudan’s Ministry of Health, the drug supply system collapsed during the civil war as “then-existing…
[...]Cambodia Sends Police Door-to-Door to Stop Counterfeits
In northwest Cambodia’s Pailin province, on the border with Thailand, counterfeit drug surveillance has taken on a personal meaning as local malaria has evolved artemisinin resistance by sending police door-to-door to local pharmacies and confiscating counterfeit anti-malarials as well as spreading the word of free treatment.
[...]Fake Drug Spammer Denied Bail
Russian citizen Oleg Nikolaenko used Mega-D, a spam botnet, to make approximately $500,000 in six months in 2007 while infecting a network of computers to use to send out junk emails hawking fake drugs. Given his access to money, and lack of ties in the U.S. he’s been denied bail by a Federal Judge. Nikolaenko…
[...]Philippine Department of Health Issues Fake Drug Warning
The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) issued a warning to the public against fake drugs and vitamin supplements that they believe have proliferated the country’s markets. Counterfeit drugs may contain harmful ingredients or lack the necessary ingredients and have low concentration of active ingredients that may impact efficacy, said DOH Regional Director Myrna Cabotaje in…
[...]Bhan A. Health ministry institutes reward scheme for whistle-blowers reporting spurious drugs. Natl Med J India. 2010;23(1):56
In November 2009, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notified a new reward scheme for whistle-blowers who help unearth cases of spurious drugs.
[...]Dominica Issues Counterfeit Warning
The Caribbean island of Dominica has issued a warning to residents to be on the alert for fake drugs.
[...]British Conspirators of Kevin Xu In Court on Fake Cancer Drug Charges
Five British residents have been accused of importing into the UK fake cancer drugs, fake heart disease medicine, and fake schizophrenia medication from China worth millions of pounds.
Partnership For Safe Medicines (PSM) Announces Major International Expansion with Launch of India Initiative
The Partnership for SafeMedicines (PSM), a group of nonprofit organizations and individuals dedicated to protecting consumers from counterfeit drugs, today announced a major expansion of its international coalition with the launch of its partner PSM India.
[...]PSM India Presentation
PSM India Presentation
[...]FBI and FTC Arrest Fake Drug Spammer
FBI agents arrested Oleg Nikolaenko as the alleged mastermind behind the Mega-D botnet, that promoted counterfeit materials online, and was used, to “deceptively [market] and [sell] counterfeit herbal ‘male enhancement’ pills and generic prescription drugs that were falsely advertised as FDA-approved.”
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