Archive for 2006
The Wrong Substance
Fake medicine manufacturing factory unearthed in Ctg
CHITTAGONG, Jul 11: A fake medicine manufacturing factory has been unearthed in north Agrabad area in the port city recently. Chittagong Port (CP) Magistrate Munir Chowdhury discovered the factory during a scheduled drive. Sources said illegal and adulterated medicines were manufactured in this factory which had been doing business in the name of Orison Pharmaceuticals…
[...]Man to plead guilty in Viagra scam
A Gardena man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge of selling 3,000 tablets of counterfeit erectile dysfunction drugs from China, prosecutors said Monday. Masaru Yamasato, 44, signed an agreement last month to plead guilty to one count of selling a counterfeit drug, which carries a maximum one-year sentence and a $1,000…
[...]TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO RACKETEERING
Imad Majed Hamadeh, 51, of Dearborn Heights and Theodore Schenk, 73, of Miami Beach, Florida each pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging them with conspiracy to Violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), United States Attorney, Stephen J. Murphy announced today. Hamadeh and Schenk pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Detroit…
[...]Fake medicines intercepted en route to Israel
Agriculture Ministry investigators intercepted a vehicle carrying fake veterinary medicines and unlicensed pesticides at a checkpoint near Bet Aryeh, in the West Bank. According to suspicions, the vehicle's driver, an Arab Israeli resident of Baka al-Gharbiya, attempted to smuggle the medicines into Israel from the Palestinian Authority. 09 July 2006 Read the full story at…
[...]Gov’t to look into proliferation of fake medicines
Davao City (7 July) — Local government units must take extra caution in buying cheap medicines. Davao City councilor Pilar Braga in an interview said that with the proliferation of cheap medicines which are often associated with fake drugs, the government must take necessary measures since government purchases are given to the lowest bidder. 07…
[...]Spurious Drugs Seized In Allahabad
Police today, had seized a large quantity of spurious drugs and arrested one person in this connection for possession of drugs having fake labels of costly life-saving medicines. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a drug store in Leader Road and seized the spurious medicines. The owner of the store was arrested, officials…
[...]Una web india ofrece medicamentos falsificados a farmacias valencianas
Una web india ofrece medicamentos falsificados a farmacias valencianas Best Generic Pharmacy es una farmacia on line ubicada en la India. Ofrece medicamentos "genricos de marca", dice en su web , "fabricados en instalaciones certificadas por el Gobierno, que satisfacen o sobrepasan los estndares ms altos de la FDA y la OMS". Pero entre su…
[...]P3.3m fake Viagra seized
Police yesterday arrested at least eight store and warehouse owners found selling bootlegged Viagra in a series of raids yesterday in Sta. Cruz and Binondo, Manila. The seized 1,127 boxes of imitation of Viagra were estimated at a market value of P3.3 million. By Romie A. Evangelista06 July 2006 Read the full story at manilastandardtoday.com.
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