Archive for 2007
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…
[...]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…
[...]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…
[...]Counterfeit Cough Medicine Traced To Chinese Factory
A Chinese factory was the source of a fake chemical used in medicines that killled at least 100 patients, mainly children, after it was used to make cough medicine, NYT reports in an excellent 7-page investigation. Through a state-owned company, Taixing Glycerine sold diethylene glycol as pharmaceutical grade glycerine. Diethylene glycol is used in solvents…
[...]Tackling counterfeit drugs is priority – Ramsammy
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says counterfeit drugs on the local market is an issue and it is one that "must be a priority for us." Ramsammy said the ministry has been collaborating with local laboratories to test drugs and they have not found large numbers of counterfeit drugs. For the last year, he…
[...]Counterfeit drugs caused woman’s death, coroner concludes
VANCOUVER — Shoddy pills from a bogus online pharmacy are to blame for the death of a 58-year-old woman from Vancouver Island, a coroner’s report says. Yesterday’s conclusion makes Marcia Bergeron the first clear-cut case of a death stemming from counterfeit drugs bought on the Internet, but it likely won’t be the last, said Rose…
[...]Govt targets fake drugs makers with new Bill
The Union government will introduce a new Bill with severe penalties against makers and sellers of fake and spurious drugs in the next session of Parliament, as part of a package of five health and pharmaceutical legislations aimed at tightening regulations related to drug approvals, manufacturing, functioning of hospitals, practising doctors, diagnostic centres, and even…
[...]Woman dies after buying and ingesting drugs she purchased on line
VANCOUVER/CKNW – A BC coroner has ruled a Quadra island woman who died after buying and ingesting a number of drugs she purchased on line suffered from cardiac arrhythmia brought on by metal toxicity. And the report highlights the dangers of buying drugs on line. Marcia Ann Bergeron was 58 years old. She is believed…
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