Archive for 2011
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.
[...]10% of Drugs Fake in Philippines
Filipino lawmakers are seeking strong anti-counterfeiting legislation after a national report announced that one of every ten drugs is fake.
[...]Mailed Drugs Substituted with Fakes
Law enforcement is investigating what appears to be theft and substitution of medicine mailed by a Veterans Administration pharmacy to a Petersburg, Virginia patient.
[...]FDA Warns of Criminals Extorting Online Drug Purchasers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned the public that criminals are posing as law enforcement agents to extort money from people who purchased medication online.
Criminals are calling victims and identifying themselves as FDA or other law enforcement officials. The imposters inform the victims that purchasing drugs over the Internet or the telephone is illegal and that they will be prosecuted for this crime unless they pay a fine ranging from $100 to $250,000.
In addition, victims also have suffered from unauthorized purchases on their credit cards.
[...]Pick Your Painkiller
Picture bysfxeric via Flickr.
[...]Worldwide Rogue Pharmacy Spam Drops
In October, spam began to decline worldwide, according to experts that follow spam, after the closure of Spamit, a Russian affiliate program that paid spammers to promote “Canadian Pharmacy” brand rogue pharmacies.
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