Archive for July 2007
Pharmacy owners arrested for selling illegal drugs
The Jakarta Police have confiscated more than 160,000 medicines that lacked distribution permits and arrested two people for allegedly distributing the drugs. Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said they suspected the drugs were substandard because they were not accompanied by the appropriate documentation from the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency on their…
[...]Health Canada to crack down on fake pills
A B.C. woman is fatally poisoned by counterfeit anxiety pills she ordered over the Internet, four Ontario patients die after apparently consuming fake — and ineffective — heart drugs, while Quebec vendors are spotted selling knock-off Viagra at a flea market. The peddling of bogus pharmaceuticals is becoming such a worrisome problem that Health Canada…
[...]Fake drugs racket: Raids continue, network goes wider
BALANGIR: The raids and subsequent arrest of Shankar Agrawala, the alleged kingpin and owner of the fake medicine factory in Kantabanji, have only revealed part of a vicious network. On a tip-off, Balangir and Kantabanji police raided the medicine manufacturing unit on Friay and found fake medicines worth over Rs one crore. Balangir SP Himansu…
[...]Crack down on fake drugs
The proposed survey of spurious drugs by the Drug Controller General of India should help quantify the extent of the problem and put an end to unsubstantiated numbers being used to buttress various claims. That should, however, not detract from the urgent need of putting in place a system to unearth and prosecute manufacture and…
[...]The ‘global disaster’ of fake internet pharmacies
It might not be Armageddon, but fake internet pharmacies are a growing "global disaster" with increasingly dangerous consequences, pharmaceutical industry figures say. The decry follows last week's coroners report over the death of a Canadian woman who dies from metal poisoning after purchasing fake drugs over the internet. By Katrina Megget19 July 2007 Read the…
[...]Countrywide study to map fake drugs
Hong Kong Police Seize Fake Drugs, Blood Products
Hong Kong's police seized 4,000 units of blood products bearing false registration numbers in a raid in New Territories that uncovered fake drugs made under seven pharmaceutical brands, the Department of Health said. Human immunoglobulin, used to treat certain viral infections, and human albumin solution, used to replace blood plasma, were among drugs bearing fake…
[...]APhA Recommends Consumers Use Caution When Shopping Online for Medications
WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) recommends that consumers exercise caution when shopping online for their medications. This announcement comes after the recent death of a Canadian woman who purchased counterfeit drugs online. A coroner's report found that the products were contaminated with extremely high levels of metal. Prior to shopping…
[...]Combating Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals From China
Fake drugs` export: Govt calls meeting
Following the European Commission allegations that India is the biggest supplier of counterfeit drugs to the European Union, the Union commerce ministry has called for a meeting of key stakeholders in the drug industry pharmaceutical exporters, the Export Promotion Council and the drugs control department to gauge the seriousness of the allegation and take remedial…
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