Ambroise-Thomas P. The Tragedy Caused by Fake Antimalarial Drugs. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2012; 4(1): e2012027.

Abstract Counterfeit antimalarials (mainly artemisinin derivatives) is a crucial health problem in developing countries, particularly in Africa. The illegal production, sale and distribution of fake drugs is a huge market evaluated to several billion of dollars and represents more than 50% of the pharmaceutical market in several African countries. Fake drugs have led to a…

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UK Medicine Counterfeiter Made £15 Million Selling Fake Drugs to Victims

The United Kingdom’s Medicine & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confiscated £14.4 million in assets from a convicted counterfeit medicine dealer. Simon Martin Hickman, 52, from Manchester, was sentenced to two years imprisonment in June 2009 following a conviction of selling and supplying fake and unlicensed medicines, as well as money laundering £1.4 million, announced…

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