Archive for 2007
Fake AIDS Drugs Flood Zimbabwe
AIDS drugs, some of them contaminated, diluted or faked, are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, the health ministry said Monday. State media quoted Minister of Health David Parirenyatwa appealing to people living with HIV/AIDS to buy their medicines from…
[...]Counterfeit Drug Sales through the Internet a Growing Problem
Last month a federal grand jury indicted 18 people on charges stemming from fraud to racketeering over their participation in an international online pharmaceutical sales ring. The company's name was Affpower, and by the time the federal government had shut the sales operation down, Affpower had moved over $126 million in illegally prescribed pharmaceuticals. The…
[...]Colorado pharmacy indicted for illegal importation
A federal grand jury has indicted the owner and a sales representative at College Pharmacy, a Colorado Springs-based pharmacy, for the illegal importation and distribution of human growth hormone (HGH). According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly bought, received, and distributed HGH from companies that manufacture genetically derived HGH in China, including GeneScience. Pharmacist Thomas…
[...]Nigeria: NAFDAC Destroys N20b Fake Drug
The management of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has,within the past six years, confiscated and destroyed fake and counterfeit drugs worth more than N20 billion. The Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Dora Akunyili, disclosed this in Owerri while delivering the 2007 Odenigbo Lecture Series organised by the Catholic…
[...]Nigeria: Odenigbo – Akunyili Laments Over Fake Drug Barons
DIRECTOR-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Akunyili last Saturday said her agency has destroyed fake drugs worth over N20 billion in the last six years of its inception even as she lamented the activities of fake drug barons. She also disclosed that about 45 persons have…
[...]Counterfeit Viagra from China prompts warnings in India
New Delhi – After China's toxic toys and jewellery worried authorities in the United States, made-in-China counterfeit Viagra has rattled police in India's financial capital of Mumbai, a newspaper reported Monday. The pills have police officers worried because they were "highly hazardous" yet easily available, the English-language Hindustan Times newspaper said. Last week, the police…
[...]Legal: Counterfeit Drugs, One Click Away
If it looks too good to be true…. The price is unbeatable, the Web site proudly displays an accreditation seal of approval, medicines are advertised as “generics” of the branded versions (implying bioequivalence with respect to safety and efficacy), and patients never have to leave their homes. Marcia Bergeron, a 57-year-old Canadian resident likely had…
[...]Nigeria: LSHA Set to Fight Fake Drug Distribution
The Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) has resolved to mandate the Committee on Health to liaise with the Ministry of Health with a view to investigate the distribution, supply and sale of fake drugs in the state. Mr. Ajibayo Adeyeye, Deputy Majority Leader, the prime mover of the motion, noted that the distribution, supply…
[...]‘Viagra peddler’ goes on trial
A man from Gothenburg has gone on trial for selling impotence medicine Viagra over the internet. The man made millions of kronor from selling the drug to an international clientele. His website was translated into sixteen languages. The man claimed that the pills were original, made by pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The company itself says the…
[...]Fake Viagra smuggling attempt foiled
Sharjah, August 28th, 2007 (WAM)- UAE Health, Customs and Police authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,600 kgs of fake Viagra into the country through Dubai International Airport, according to Health Minister Humaid Al Qattami. Al Qattami described the attempt as the biggest of its kind in the UAE so far. "The consignment originated…
[...]