Archive for 2006
Globaler Anstieg von Arzneimittelflschungen
Allein im Jahr 2005 wurden nach Angaben der Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov weltweit geflschte Arzneimittel in einer Hhe von ca. 35 Mrd. Dollar gehandelt. Bis 2010 rechnet das amerikanische Center for Medicines in the Public Interest sogar mit einem Anstieg dieses Volumens auf rund 75 Mrd. Dollar. Auch Europa wird zunehmend davon betroffen.…
[...]South Africa: Authorities Rush to Control Illegal Medicines Boom
Illegal medicines might be stealing their way onto the South African market while health and Medicines Control Council (MCC) officials try to fast-track monitoring the safety and efficacy of these drugs. The MCC estimated about 30,000 medicines were registered with it, of which only a few were natural or homeopathic remedies, also known as complementary…
[...]Court rejects ‘unlawful medicines seizure’
The Cape High Court has rejected an application by a local pharmaceuticals company claiming a department of health seizure of medicines at their premises was unlawful. Tokai-based BCC Pharmaceuticals made this claim in an application against the minister of health, the Medicines Control Council and the minister of safety and security. By Fatima Schroeder 25…
[...]Spurious medicines
ADULTERATED medicines, including lifesaving drugs, are flooding the domestic market, it is alleged, while the country is exporting high-quality ones across the world. Taking the opportunity of the lax in supervision of the local market by the concerned department, a section of the dishonest pharmacists are engaged in such business in adulterated medicines that are…
[...]Two Charged In Internet Drug Case
Two Pinehurst men are among 11 people recently indicted and charged with selling prescription drugs over the Internet. The U.S. Department of Justice also named an Atlanta-based company in the indictment. The company allegedly sold generic versions of prescription steroids, drugs such as Valium and Xanax and sexual performance drugs such as Viagra and Cialis.…
[...]Poland targeted by Internet Viagra scammers
Poland has become a rather lucrative market for Internet scammers selling fake drugs using e-mail spam marketing programs. Polish people, as well as many others in Eastern Europe, are prone to purchase the fake drugs because the low cost of the drugs make them very attractive to people with low monthly incomes. Internet pharmacies in…
[...]Audit slams state drug plan
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration spent nearly $1 million to develop and market a plan to illegally import low-cost drugs that ended up serving fewer than 3,700 Illinois residents, Auditor General William Holland said Tuesday. Holland also said top Blagojevich aides pushed a plan to illegally import millions of dollars worth of flu vaccine in 2004…
[...]HI-TECH PHARMACEUTICALS & 11 INDIVIDUALS INDICTED FOR “GENERIC” PILL FRAUD SCHEME
Defendents allegedly sold millions of pills over the internet. 20 September 2006 Read the full story at usdoj.gov.
[...]11 men arrested for Internet drug sales
Federal authorities have indicted 11 people in Georgia, North Carolina, South Dakota and Belize on fraud and drug charges for selling unapproved prescription drugs over the Internet. The operation, which authorities say is based in Alpharetta, Ga., marketed the drugs as Canadian through unsolicited e-mails, but the pills actually were made in Belize, officials said…
[...]Fake medicines cause real concern
More than a decade has passed since the pharmaceutical industry first alerted governments, law enforcement agencies and aid organisations to the presence of counterfeit medicines in some of the world's poorest countries. Among early victims of this atrocious trade were several hundred children in Haiti, Bangladesh, India and Nigeria, who died of kidney failure after…
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