New bill to help curb counterfeit medicines


KUALA LUMPUR: Pharmaceutical counterfeiters beware — stiffer penalties, including mandatory jail sentences, await offenders as authorities step up their fight against fake medicine.

Realizing the threat posed by fake medicine to national health and the pharmaceutical industry, the Health Ministry is proposing a new bill next year to combat the menace.

22 September 2008

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