Archive for April 2011
Three Month Trial of Alleged Fake Cancer Drug Distributors Ends
Prosecuting lawyer, Andrew Marshall, told Croydon Crown Court, that the five defendants accused of selling fake Chinese-manufactured medicine were deliberately “protect[ing] their dirty business.” Five pharmaceutical wholesaler businessmen, who had done business together legitimately for many years, are accused of deliberately purchasing fake cancer, heart disease, and mental health medications and selling them into the…
[...]China Increases Penalty for Drug Fakers
The People’s Republic of China has removed a maximum sentencing requirement of three years imprisonment for convicted medicine counterfeiters. The change in Article 141 of the Criminal Law has removed the upper limit for jail terms. Additionally, the new law removes the test of demonstrable harm, in other words, the counterfeiters can be prosecuted for…
[...]The Community Must Stand Up to Protect Victims of Fake Drugs
Sri Lankan stakeholders gathered in Kandy on April 4th to educate pharmacists “to protect Sri Lankan families from counterfeit drugs” at the Sri Lanka Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry conference (SLCPI). Promoted also by the US Embassy, American Chamber of Commercial and the National Intellectual Property Organization, the seminar was attended by Health Ministry and Drug…
[...]Fake Contraceptive Medicine Impacts Uganda
The Ugandan National Drug Authority issued a public alert on April 3rd, 2011, that counterfeit contraceptives are on sale in country. Frederick Ssekyana, the Drug Authority’s public relations officer, warned consumers to look carefully at the security features on the pills, reports the Ugandan news source, New Vision. The back side of the pill package…
[...]New Technology to Fight Counterfeiting: Data Collection and Sharing
A new database of medicines will provide African, South American and Southeast Asian governments with technological data to use in identifying fake medicine. The Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) program developed by USAID and the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has launched a new public database of drugs collected and analyzed in collaboration with government…
[...]THE BEST Enhancer Supplement: Recall – Undeclared Drug Ingredient
RECALLED: THE BEST Enhancement SupplementPicture by USFDA via Flickr. This is a reprint of the FDA alert. March 28, 2011 – AVNS Inc announced today it is voluntarily recalling THE BEST Enhancer Supplement. AVNS Inc is conducting a voluntary recall after being informed by their manufacturer, Drive Total Energy, that the Food and Drug Administration…
[...]Finnish Customs – Sniffing Dog
Image courtesy of Finnish Customs
[...]US Fake Medicine Cases Increased Year Over Year
The FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations reported that 72 cases had been opened up in 2010, 11% more than the year before, and at 3-5 times what was reported a decade ago. Reports Pharmaceutical Commerce, Deputy Administrator Dr. Ilisa Bernstein cited those figures during a presentation for the Pew Prescription Project in Washington, DC in…
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