The Link Between Drug Importation and Counterfeit Drugs

Last week, BBC File On 4 published a story detailing how counterfeit drugs infiltrated the United Kingdom’s national drug supply in 2007. The Medicines Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)—the British equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—issued four emergency recalls notices after a wholesaler spotted packaging discrepancies in several drugs imported from other European countries.

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Police task force to crack down on counterfeit drugs [[Phnom Penh, Vietnam]]

A NEW Ministry of Health task force plans to launch a crackdown next month on pharmacies selling counterfeit over-the-counter drugs. The task force, composed of police officers and called the Police of Justice for the Ministry of Health, will operate in all of the Kingdom's 24 provinces and municipalities, Chou Yinsim, a secretary of state…

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F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs

Grady Jackson, a defensive tackle with the Atlanta Falcons, said he used the weight-loss capsules. Kathie Lee Gifford was enthusiastic about them on the “Today” show. Retailers like GNC and the Vitamin Shoppe sold them, no prescription required. But the Food and Drug Administration now says those weight-loss capsules, called StarCaps and promoted as natural…

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Malawi alert on fake drugs [[Lilongwe, Malawi]]

Government has said it would from this month intensify border checks on drugs coming into the country to control the proliferation of fake and counterfeit drugs.The move comes after reports of counterfeit and fake versions of malaria drug artesunate, commonly known as LA, in Kenya where police reportedly struck and seized hundreds of thousands of…

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Bogus pharmacies on Internet spread drugs that can be dangerous, deadly

Most people are aware that some jewelry is fake and imitation fancy watches can be bought for less than $50. The only harm here is the economic damage to those selling authentic watches and real gems. But there is a significant business worldwide in the clandestine market of counterfeit prescription drugs that has caused real…

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Suspect in counterfeit drugs ring at large [[Bejing, China]]

The Ministry of Public Security put up a notice on its website Thursday offering 10,000 yuan (1,460 U.S. dollars) for information on a man suspected of leading a drug ring pushing fake diabetes medication that has caused the deaths of at least two people. Li Dong, the main suspect at large, was born in 1970…

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84 Children Are Killed by Medicine in Nigeria

A toxic chemical mixed into a teething medicine for babies has killed at least 84 children in Nigeria, health officials there said Friday, more than tripling the toll in a wave of infant deaths that began in late November. The children died after taking a medicine called My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture, a syrup for…

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SafeMeds Postcards

  These oversized postcards sent to Hill staff illustrate the dangers of counterfeit drugs and the Partnership’s core principles: protect the pharmaceutical supply chain, regulate online pharmacies, and fight counterfeit drug.  We encourage you to share these postcards electronically or in printed form with your constituency.  

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