Archive for June 2006
Obi pleads against Onitsha drug market closure
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has pleaded with NAFDAC not to close down the multi-billion naira drugs market in the commercial city of Onitsha. NAFDAC accused traders at the market of trading on fake and adulterated drugs and threatened last week to seal up the market and rid the market of such drugs. 23…
[...]Pirate drug warning after stocks seized
Contact: The Growing Concern Over Counterfeit Medicine
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the American Bar Association, Section on Intellectual Property Law
Thank you, Mr. Figg, for that introduction. I thank the ABA Section on Intellectual Property Law for arranging my presentation, and I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. Two hundred and fifty billion dollars in annual losses, and seven hundred and fifty thousand lost jobs. These are among the many costs of intellectual property theft…
[...]Busting the illegal trade in bogus drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced it was moving ahead with rules that will allow tracking of individual drugs from factory to pharmacy. That may surprise consumers who assumed such a system was already in place. A 1988 federal law required drug tracking, but the FDA didn't draft rules until 1999; then they…
[...]Consumers ‘playing Russian roulette’ with online drugs
Thousands of consumers are playing 'Russian roulette' with their lives by buying prescription drugs online which may be laced with poisonous chemicals, experts have warned. The Trading Standards Institute has reported a boom in such sales as people increasingly turn to the Internet to self-diagnose and medicate their ailments. 21 June 2006 Read the full…
[...]Committee to identify counterfeit drugs, unlicensed medical stores
ISLAMABAD: The Health Ministry on Tuesday constituted a ten-member committee to identify fake drugs and unlicensed medical stores operating in the city. The meeting was chaired by Nasir Khan, the health minister, and was attended by the members of Chemists and Druggists Association, led by Hanif Abbasi, a member of the National Assembly (MNA), and…
[...]DOH warns public vs counterfeit medicines
Iloilo City (21 June) — Counterfeit Medicines can be life threatening, the Department of Health, Region VI warned. According to the DOH about ten percent of medicines bought in pharmacies are fake. Counterfeit or fake medicines are not registered with the Bureau of Food and Drugs. It is manufactured and distributed by persons who only…
[...]Akunyili decries law on fake drugs
DMA Partners with RxPatrol to Prevent Prescription Drug Counterfeiting, Pharmacy Theft
ARLINGTON, VA -June 20, 2006 – In an effort to combat the theft and illegal trafficking of prescription medications and further enhance supply chain security, the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) today joins a partnership of law enforcement and professional pharmacy organizations using RxPATROL(r), an information clearinghouse designed to collect, analyze and share information on…
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