World News
Fake Drugs Tarnish Country’s Reputation
Mauritius is in the midst of a controversy in a medicine-trafficking case after a programme by French Channel 5 was broadcast on MBCTV ten days ago. It was reported that fake medicines produced in Mumbai were packed in the Mauritian Freeport and dispatched to African countries. The arrest of a woman from Seychelles and a…
[...]EU, China monitoring seaports to counter surge in fake drugs – report
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) – The European Union and China have started monitoring major seaports including Rotterdam and Shenzhen for counterfeit pharmaceuticals, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing EU Taxation and Customs Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs. European customs have seized fake drugs ranging from antimalarials to vitamin supplements, the report said. 16 October 2006 Read the full story…
[...]FDA Issues Nationwide Alert on Counterfeit One Touch Basic/Profile and One Touch Ultra Blood Glucose Test Strips
[reprinted from the FDA website] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public to counterfeit blood glucose test strips being sold in the United States for use with various models of LifeScan, Inc., One Touch Brand Blood Glucose Monitors used by people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose. The counterfeit test…
[...]Canadian Pharmacists Gravely Concerned About Depleted Prescription Drugs by American Consumers
The Ontario Pharmacists' Association has issued an open letter to Canada's Minister of Health, Tony Clement expressing their grave concerns that a recent ruling by the United States' legislative body that will again allow U.S. citizens to cross the Canadian border in order to purchase cheaper prescription drugs. The new legislations include relaxing border enforcement…
[...]Ottawa inaction imperilling drug supply, letter says
OTTAWA — Canada's pharmacists say the drug supply in this country is threatened by the federal government's refusal to fight a recent U.S. decision to allow Canadian drugs to be shipped across the border in small amounts. "Ontario pharmacists are gravely concerned about the imminent threat to Canada's prescription drug supply, and the corresponding public…
[...]Open Letter from the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association
Ontario pharmacists are gravely concerned about the imminent threat to Canada's prescription drug supply, and the corresponding public health and safety threat to Canadians, arising from legislative changes and relaxed enforcement measures in the United States that re-open America's border to the importation of prescription drugs by U.S. patients. As you know, Congressional leaders struck…
[...]NAFDAC warns patients on fake drugs
The Director General of the National Agency for Food Drugs and Administration Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Akunyili, has enjoined patients to reject taking any drug that had been banned by the agency. She charged consumers to inquire from medical workers the type of drug that was being administered to them and refuse any drug that…
[...]Spain’s Normon says drug not behind Panama deaths
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Spanish drug maker Normon SA said on Sunday its hypertension tablets were not the cause of a mystery illness in Panama that has killed 20 people over the past month. Panama withdrew some 2 million Lisinopril tablets over the weekend from pharmacies, hospitals and private clinics after noticing that nine of…
[...]Canadian drug plan is ill-founded
Last month, the AARP launched an ad campaign urging Congress to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from Canada. The advertisements were sure to find a sympathetic audience. After all, brand-name drugs are cheaper in Canada. In fact, they're about 5 percent below the international median. At first glance, legalizing importation seems like a laudable…
[...]Medicine counterfeiters arrested
Customs officers have arrested eight people, shutting down a syndicate producing, packaging and distributing counterfeit Chinese cough medicine. They raided a manufacturing site and a distribution company in two factory buildings in Kwai Chung, and three dispensaries in Sham Shui Po and Yau Ma Tei. 06 October 2006 Read the full story at news.gov.hk.
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