Posts by psm2016
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…
[...]Feldschreiber P. Public Health Issues with Counterfeit Medicines. Clin. Med. 2009;9(1):63-4.
Clinicians who prescribe medicines in the UK at primary care and at hospital level are facing the possibly disastrous consequences of a global crime wave – the supply and distribution of counterfeit medicines and healthcare products.
[...]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…
[...]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…
[...]Dominican officials allow fake medicines, drugmakers say [[Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]]
SANTO DOMINGO. – The Dominican pharmaceutical sector, grouped in three associations, yesterday accused the Public Health authorities of negligence for allowing the growth of the fake medicines market of around 800 to billion pesos per year, and doesn’t discard that other deaths have occurred for the use of fake anti tetanus boosters. 6 February 2009
[...]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…
[...]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.
[...]Empowering the FDA to Stop Counterfeit Drugs
After years of neglect, I’m glad to see Congress give drug safety the attention it deserves. Last week, Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI 15), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ 06) and Bart Stupak (D-MI 01) introduced the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009 (H.R.759). In addition to addressing several food safety issues, the proposed legislation addresses the real threat of substandard and counterfeit drugs.
[...]Fake diabetes medicine seized in two more provinces [[Sichuan, China]]
Mainland authorities have found more than 5,000 bottles of fake diabetes medication in two provinces that last month were blamed for the deaths of two patients, state media said. The patients died in Xinjiang. Now the government has found the same fake drug in Sichuan and Qinghai, state radio said. But nobody has yet been…
[...]Counterfeit Drugs Pose Problem for Kenya [[Nairobi, Kenya]]
Pharmaceutical industry officials in Kenya estimate that at least 40 percent of the drugs sold in the East African nation are counterfeit, with anti-malarial drugs being especially susceptible to being faked. Patients continue to be sick or can even die as a result of taking counterfeit drugs, most are believed to originate from China and…
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