NABP Educates State Legislators on Dangers of Counterfeit Drugs

State Leadership is Critical in Protecting U.S. Drug Supply SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) warned state legislators from across the country about the growing risk of counterfeit drugs on our nation's drug supply at a forum today. The forum was part of the National Conference of…

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Daily Health Policy Report

U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert on Monday in a New York federal court granted an injunction that further delays part of a counterfeit drug law that would have taken effect last Friday, "strik[ing] a blow against FDA efforts to curb counterfeit drugs," the Wall Street Journal reports. The Prescription Drug Marketing Act requires only…

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Cheap prescription drugs on-line – BAD MEDICINE

Any Malaysian with an e-mail account would have had the displeasure of receiving e-mail with such headings or similar ones in their inbox. Most of us would normally mark it as spam and banish it to the trash folder, never to be seen again. But not all of us do. An increasing number of Malaysians,…

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Drug pirates leave death in their wake

No one will ever know how many Chinese men — and women — were sexually satisfied after taking the American Number One, Male Exclusive, Great Big Brother pills sold by Xi Yongli. When the product was raised in court recently, it was not its potency that was on trial. Rather, it was the legality of…

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Russian probe finds fake drug market big

MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (UPI) — Sales of counterfeit drugs in Russia could be as high as $300 million annually, an investigation by the country's Interior Ministry showed. Police found the number of violations found during the 10-day Operation Pharmacologist exceeded by 12 times the number of violations reported during 2005, the Itar-Tass news agency said.…

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Counterfeit drugs monitored

The Zambia Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority is to spend over K300 million to procure mini drug testing kits. The funds will also be used to deploy Drug Control officers in border areas to avert counterfeit drugs from entering the country. Authority Acting Director Esnart Mwape said the officers will work with Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) officials…

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