Archive for January 2011
Hacked Military and Government Computers Push Online Rogue Pharmacies
A U.S. web hosting provider admitted that hackers have invaded dozens of web pages
of government, educational and financial sites through a software flaw to promote online rogue
pharmacies.
Brian Krebs, an investigative journalist, reported that a customer of a Utah based web site host provider exploited a bug in a web site
administration tool used by a majority of hosting providers to ultimately
redirect visitors from these institutional websites to online stores selling prescription drugs without
prescription requirements.
Data Center Racks
Picture by S W Ellis via Flickr.
[...]Nigerian Pharmacies Selling Fake Antibiotics Shut Down
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down numerous pharmacies selling fake drugs in Benue state.
[...]Study Investigates Online Rogue Pharmacies
A new study shows online rogue pharmacies using North American and Western European web hosting while fulfilling orders from other regions of the world.
[...]Father Asserts Expired Drugs Killed Infant
Police questioned Kashmiri hospital employees after an infant allegedly died from an injection with expired medication.
[...]7,000 Pills Vanished in Pharmacy Theft
A Northeast Florida pharmacist has been charged with the theft of 7,000 prescription painkiller pills from a Rite Aid drug store that are still missing.
[...]Mailed Drugs Stolen: Two More Cases
Three people are suspected of stealing mail packages, some of which including medicine deliveries from Gwinnett County, Georgia homes.
[...]Argentinian Federal Judges Continue Counterfeit Medicine Investigation
Argentinian authorities are continuing their two year investigation into the fake drug syndicate that infiltrated the Argentinian workers’ unions.
[...]Anti-Counterfeiting Tech On the Rise
Anti-counterfeiting specialists believe that medicine counterfeiting will increase in 2011. Pharma IQ conducted a survey in October 2000 of 1000 medicine anti-counterfeiting experts. More than 60% stated that the threat of fake drugs will increase in 2011. Experts are concerned about the rate of growth in emerging markets in Asia as well as internet sales…
[...]Fake Drugs Sold Like Peanuts
Nigerian police intercepted a pharmacist storing fake medicines in plastic buckets, including ones that had not been legitimately produced in more than nine years.
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