Archive for February 2008
Amon JJ. Dangerous medicines: unproven AIDS cures and counterfeit antiretroviral drugs. Global Health. 2008;4:5.
BACKGROUND: Increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a critical goal endorsed by the United Nations and all of its member states. At the same time, anecdotal accounts suggest that the promotion of unproven AIDS 'cures' and remedies are widespread, and in the case of The Gambia, Iran and South Africa, have been promoted by…
[...]F-Secure unveils the names the illegal online pharmacy
Seven men are prosecuted in Sweden for running an illegal online pharmacy. These men are accused for running several web shops selling prescription drugs without a prescription. They started operations in 200s3 and generated several million Euros in revenues until they were shut down in 2007. By this time they had sold drugs to 65…
[...]Nigeria: Global Sales of Counterfeit Drugs Hit $32bn
Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili has stated that global sales of counterfeit drugs estimated at $32billion has dealt a crippling blow of $46billion annual loss to the pharmaceutical industry world wide. Akunyili stated this yesterday while addressing hundreds of African Regulatory Heads and officials…
[...]Nigeria: 80 Arrested for Fake Drugs in Borno – Nafdac
About 80 people were arrested and fake drugs worth more than N300,000 were confiscated by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) in Borno State last year. This revelation was made by the state coordinator of the agency, Pharmacist Sabo Adamu while briefing newsmen in his office in Maiduguri. He said the…
[...]Alarm over killer impotence drugs
One man has died and nine others have been admitted to hospital – one in critical condition – after they were believed to have taken impotence drugs which were fake or contained unregistered medicines. The Department of Health said 10 men have been admitted since December 11. A 53-year-old man died on January 31 in…
[...]Spurious drugs in hospitals CAG castigates govt
Officials lack motivation to fight counterfeiting
Dubai: Counterfeiting remains a growing problem in various economies today because government officials are not motivated enough to wage an all-out war against it. This point was made on Sunday by David Benjamin, co-chair of the Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy at the Fourth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in Dubai.…
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