World News
Measure ties US negotiator’s hands on drug imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Trade Representative could no longer craft trade deals making it harder to import American-made pharmaceuticals from nations such as Canada under a measure approved by congressional negotiators on Friday. By Reuters November 4, 2005 Read the full story at reuters.com.
[...]Alert warns of Tamiflu scams
SEMINOLE COUNTY — The Seminole County Health Department issued an alert Wednesday warning of e-mail scams offering the prescription drug Tamiflu, which is used in the treatment of influenza. November 3, 2005 Read the full story at orlandosentinel.com.
[...]Prescription for change
WASHINGTON – Kevin Fagan never intended to be an activist. But four years ago, his son Timothy endured two months of debilitating pain after unknowingly taking a counterfeit drug that was meant to help him recover from a liver transplant. By Daniel Wagner November 2, 2005 Read the full story at nynewsday.com.
[...]Drug warrior Dora Akunyili
Dr. Dora Akunyili and her family were driving down a rural road in Nigeria three years ago when snipers opened fire on her car. "The back windscreen was shattered," she says. "A bullet pierced through my head scarf and grazed my scalp." Akunyili had been targeted by a drug gang–but not the kind that sells…
[...]Arrests are not enough
In Europe, profiteers masquerading as pharmacists are selling unsafe, unregulated, mislabeled, repackaged, and commingled drugs to unsuspecting consumers, through a process known as parallel trade, or reimportation. By Peter Pitts November 1, 2005 Read the full story at heartland.org.
[...]Drug busters
Laid out on a conference room table at Novartis's headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, is a pile of pills. Pills to treat asthma, erectile dysfunction and diarrhea spill out of boxes labeled with well-known names of over-the-counter, prescription and generic drugs from around the world. The kinds of medicines people take every day to cure their…
[...]FIA sets up anti-fake drug cells countrywide
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has established a countrywide network of Drug Detection Units (DDUs), reliable sources within the agency told Daily Times on Saturday. The DDUs have been established with technical; assistance from the federal and provincial health departments of all four provinces. By Khawaja Naseer October 30, 2005 Read the full story…
[...]Fake flu shots: dangerous scam
Tomorrow, the director of this Houston clinic, the man at the center of the alleged vaccine scam, will be in court. Iyad Abu el Hawa faces at least ten years in prison if convicted on Medicare fraud charges. As many as 1600 employees of Exxon Mobil, as well as 14 residents of a nursing home,…
[...]Recycling prescription drugs for poor considered
Baltimore, MD The cost of prescription drugs is generally high for the average American, and generally out of reach for the homeless and uninsured. Now a new potential program would collect dispensed, but unused prescription drugs that otherwise would be thrown away, and recycle them to those who can't afford it — for free. October…
[...]Governor expanding state’s drug discount programs
Phoenix Governor Napolitano has ordered the state's health-care program for the poor to expand a prescription-drug discount program making all Arizonans eligible to participate. October 28, 2005 Read the full story at kold.com.com.
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