Archive for March 2005

Think about the prescription pills you take. They're white or pink. Maybe they have something stamped on them. You assume they contain the medicine you ordered, because you trust the place you got them. But how difficult would it be to make fake pills? Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Posted on Fri, Mar. 18, 2005 Read…

USA – The… Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report examines recent developments related to prescription drug reimportation in three states. Summaries appear below. 16 Mar 2005 Read the full story at medicalnewstoday.com.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – A local grocery and drug retailers workers union has said Gov. Rod Blagojevich's drug import program endangers the jobs of many retail pharmacy employees that the group represents. Associated Press Posted on Wed, Mar. 16, 2005 Read the full story at duluthsuperior.com.

In the wake of a recent report that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seized drugs being imported from abroad intended for American citizens, Men' Health Network would like to reiterate its concern regarding drug importation. 2005/3/16 Read the full story at theconservativevoice.com.

RICHMOND, Va., March 16, 2005 /PRNewswire/ — Astonished by CanaRx's admission that it is exploring the importation of prescription drugs from India into the United States, members of the National Council of State Pharmacy Association Executives (NCSPAE) today expressed dismay that their predictions of unregulated medications infiltrating the American system could be coming true. Read…

Panaji March 14: The consumer activists participating in a solidarity rally, in the city, today, resolved to draw the attention of the government, industry and the trading community in Goa, of the implications of introducing genetically modified foods, the amendment to the Patent Act and the availability of counterfeit, spurious and adulterated goods in the…

Gov. Blagojevich on Sunday tried to drum up interest in his flagging drug-import pharmacy, which so far has attracted fewer than 1 in 1,000 residents. March 14, 2005 Read the full story at suntimes.com.

Pharmaceutical companies and governments are not doing enough to combat the problem of drug counterfeiting, which is developing into an international health crisis, claim researchers. 14/03/2005 Read the full story at in-pharmatechnologist.com.

14/03/2005 – Two top drugstores in the US state of Florida are seeking an exemption from legislation requiring a strict paper-based pedigree for drugs throughout the supply chain, on the grounds that it is too expensive to comply. Read the full story at in-pharmatechnologist.com.