Archive for 2011
PSM Leads International Patient Forum Panel in South Africa on Counterfeit Drugs
Washington, D.C. (April 19, 2011) – Counterfeit medicines are adding to the already jeopardized health of Africans and the solution requires global and domestic coordination, said Partnership for Safe Medicines Executive Director Scott LaGanga during a panel on fake medicines at the joint seminar hosted by the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO), Patient Health…
[...]Pet Medications Can Be Faked Too
FDA officials are reminding pet owners to verify their online pharmacy’s authenticity before purchasing heartworm medication for their pets this spring. With spring comes heartworms, and pet owners now go to purchase the potentially expensive medication necessary for the health of domestic pets. However, unsuspecting consumers could be giving their pets counterfeit medications which will…
[...]US Training African Nations to Better Identify Dangerous Fake Drugs
In Accra, Ghana, scientists from the national laboratories of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Sierra Leon, are being trained this week to use the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention’s database of medicine samples in order to better identify falsified and counterfeit medicines that plague their countries’ marketplaces. U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is a nonprofit public health organization…
[...]Coretta Scott King and MLK
Coretta Scott King, pictured with Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of Donsbach’s patients.Picture by JumpFightGo via Flickr.
[...]PSM Executive Director To Speak at Pharmacy Conference
Scott LaGanga, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, will address pharmaceutical scientists from industry, government, academia, and others on the topic of counterfeiting and patient safety on August 18, 2011 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy conference entitled, “The Role of CMC Quality in Ensuring Patient Safety: From Development through Commercialization.”…
[...]Operation “Bright Sword” Disrupts Counterfeiters
Chinese police have seized 14,185 suspects since November, 2010, in a campaign to halt the trade in counterfeit goods, including software, food, drugs, and luggage. The Ministry of Public Security announced April 12, 2011, that the suspects were involved in more than 8,000 investigations into counterfeiting and 7,000 production and sales outlets, reported China Daily.…
[...]Online Snake Oil Salesmen Exploit Japanese Radiation Fears
Japanese police arrested two people for allegedly selling fake drugs to protect from radiation exposure in Tokyo. Natsumi Chiba, 29, and Fumitaka Umewaka, 50, allegedly sold “Premium Zeolite,” advertising it as a substance that absorbs and removes radiation from the body. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department said that they sold the drug online to people in…
[...]Vice-Chair of IMPACT Speaks in Geneva
The World Health Assembly (WHA) held a drug counterfeiting session in Geneva, Switzerland, where Dr. Paul Orhii, vice-chair of the 193 member-nation International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force (IMPACT) based in Geneva rallied members to come to consensus and move forward to fight the drug safety problems caused by fake medication distribution. Orhii, also Director-General…
[...]WHO Calls for Coordinated Effort to Fight Drug Resistance
2011 World Health Day was commemorated by WHO regional director, Luis Gomes Sambo, by urging leaders to fight drug resistance by removing counterfeit medicine, bad prescribing habits and over exposure to sub-optimal quantities of medications. “If not properly managed, resistant germs may spread and cause severe diseases. However, attempts have been made to overcome drug…
[...]Fugitive Fake Drug Trafficker Flees After Conviction
After being convicted of conspiring to traffic fake medication, En Wang, 32, owner of a Houston based company, while free on bond, fled the country prior to his sentencing. Wang was sentenced in absentia to 33 months in federal prison without parole on March 28, 2011. Homeland Security Investigators believe that Wang left the US…
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