Archive for 2007
Nigeria: Akunyili On Drug Counterfeiting
"The problem of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products is rapidly rearing its ugly head in developed countries and this is fueled by purchase of drugs via the internet. The negative impact of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products knows no boundaries. Resistant strains of micro-organisms do not need visa to travel from country to…
[...]NAFDAC seizes over N6m fake drugs in Onitsha
Three people engaged in illegal production of fake sterilised water for medical use in Onitsha, Anambra State have been arrested by regulatory officers of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Also, two other culprits connected with the production of packaging materials used for the fake water for injection drug have absconded…
[...]Beware of fake drugs
A LEADING surgeon yesterday warned that counterfeit medical drugs were being sold alongside medicines stolen from the public health system openly at markets throughout the country. Dr Polapoi Chalou said health centres and aid posts were not supplied with medical drugs because the medicines were going into the wrong hands, often stolen and sold, causing…
[...]Fake Viagra Is Death Risk
FAKE Viagra tablets that are so powerful they could kill have been supplied to chemists in Britain. A Chinese factory is producing the pills, which are three times the strength of the real thing, along with other copies of drugs, including cancer treatments. 24 September 2007 Read the full story at dailyrecord.co.uk.
[...]Fake drugs worth Rs 5.3 cr seized
HYDERABAD: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has seized Rs 5.36 crore worth of spurious, sub-standard and illegal drugs from godowns and industrial units in the state in the last few weeks. Ironically, Rs 4.80 crore worth of drugs were manufactured without a valid licence. “A special drive was taken up by the DCA from February…
[...]Discontinue use of online pharmacies
Congress may soon consider legislation that would allow Americans to buy prescription drugs from foreign countries. Lawmakers who plan to vote for it should first read a new report on online pharmacies published by the respected Internet fraud expert MarkMonitor. Published in August while Congress was on vacation, it found that of the 3,160 online…
[...]Akron man charged in online fake-Viagra ring
An Akron man made thousands of dollars distributing fake Viagra, Cialis and Levitra for an illicit online pharmacy, federal prosecutors say. Ryan Wheele, 32, was charged in federal court with conspiracy and trafficking counterfeit goods for his alleged role in a ring that sold imitation pills to treat erectile dysfunction under the radar of the…
[...]Kenya: Standard Codes to Curb Sale of Counterfeit Drugs
Kenya: Standard Codes to Curb Sale of Counterfeit Drugs Efficiency in provision of medical services may be boosted by a global identification standard, which will provide solutions to poor diagnosis, wrong prescriptions, expired and counterfeit drugs. The benchmark will help reduce the chances of giving wrong prescriptions thus improving management and distribution of drug inventories,…
[...]Viagra plotters’ chance downfall
Perhaps the strangest thing about the trial of eight men and one woman for conspiring to supply counterfeit medicines was that some of them only met each other for the first time in the dock of Kingston Crown Court. As this lengthy trial developed from the scheduled 12 weeks to a shade under nine months…
[...]China Recalls Tainted Leukemia Drugs
Chinese authorities ordered the recall of tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems, state media reported Sunday, the latest crisis to strike the country's embattled food and drug industries. Most of the drugs involved – methotrexate and cytarabin hydrochloride – have been recovered and authorities have traced the remainder, the Xinhua News…
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