Archive for 2006
STATE GOVERNMENT POISED TO STAMP OUT FAKE DRUGS
Fake drugs could kill
Five arrested in fake drug raids in UK
Police swooped on a number of addresses across the UK this morning, seizing what are believed to be fake and illegal drugs and making several arrests, as part of a concerted campaign against medicine counterfeiters. Four people in London and one in West Yorkshire were arrested as a result of the raids, which uncovered caches…
[...]La mort tait dans le mdicament
Police arrest 17 in alleged fake drugs gang
Police have cracked a ring involving at least 26 people, which they allege has been a major dealer in counterfeit pharmaceuticals in Fuyang City, east China's Anhui Province. In a joint operation with the city's food and drug administration, police arrested 17 alleged members of the ring and seized 339 items of counterfeit drugs worth…
[...]Expired medicine prescribed
KUWAIT: A citizen recently told Kuwait local daily, Al-Anba, that when he took his sick baby son to the paediatric department at Farwaniya hospital he was prescribed cough syrup by the hospital's pharmacy that had expired over two months earlier. The man said he could not believe his eyes as he got the medicine from…
[...]Multiple arrests & counterfeit seizures
As a result of intensive investigations conducted by MHRA investigators, several addresses across the country (both residential and commercial) were today visited. Several hundred thousand pounds worth of what are believed to be counterfeit and illegal drugs were seized, including lifestyle medicines and steroids. Documentation, computers and banking records were also taken. The searches were…
[...]Counterfeit Contents: Analytical Techniques Developed to Quantify Composition of Fake Anti-Malarials
Japanese arrested for selling counterfeit Viagra, other drugs
(Kyodo) _ A Japanese man was arrested Monday in Gardena, California, on federal charges of trafficking and selling counterfeit Viagra and other fake pharmaceuticals purchased from China, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Masaru Yamasato, 44, was arrested by the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following a nearly…
[...]Investigacin: Medicina falsificada contra la malaria circula en Sureste de Asia
Investigadores mdicos informan que una medicina falsificada contra la malaria est circulando por el sureste de Asia, y podra extenderse a frica. Un documento publicado en un informe mdico en Internet seala que un hombre, de 23 aos, en Birmania que result infectado con malaria, muri debido a que la medicina que recibi era falsificada.…
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