Archive for September 2006
Le Nigeria s’attaque aux pharmacies sauvages
END OF THE ROAD
Parents and guardians living in Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja, and Suleja, another town in Niger State, but close to the Federal Capital, have every reason to give thanks to the almighty God, following the arrest of three people that specialise in the sale and administration of unregistered, substandard and expired Hepatitis B vaccines…
[...]Initiative To Reduce Counterfeit Drugs Gets Mixed Reviews
Come December, drug makers and distributors will have to keep track of every single person who handles the 7.5 million bottles of medicine shipped daily within the U.S. These companies also will have to keep track of the drugs' lot numbers and the addresses they pass through. It's all part of an effort to reduce…
[...]La contrefaon, toujours une tromperie et parfois un crime !
Pour l'OMS, un mdicament contrefait est "un produit dont la composition et les principes actifs ne rpondent pas aux normes scientifiques. Il est inefficace et souvent dangereux pour le patient". Or la contrefaon prend des formes trs diverses. Et elle peut concerner aussi bien des produits de marque que des produits gnriques. Il existe en…
[...]NAFDAC Apprehends Fake Vaccines Vendors
Two Government Health officials and a Medicine vendor have been arrested by a combined team of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Department, over the sale and administering of unregistered and substandard vaccines on unsuspecting patients. A statement by NAFDAC, signed by Abubakar Jimoh, Head,…
[...]Canuck Internet drug industry strikes back
WINNIPEG — Under attack from U.S. regulators, Canada's Internet drug industry came out swinging yesterday at what they claim is a politically motivated smear campaign designed to shut the flow of cheaper Canadian drugs south of the border. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that Minnedosa-based Mediplan Prescription Plus Pharmacy and Mediplan Global…
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