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Incidence of fake drugs drops by 24.3 percent in Nigeria: study
ncidence of fake drugs has dropped by 24.3 percent in the past five years, according to a study on counterfeit and substandard medicines in the country released on Friday. At the ceremony the study was released in the capital Abuja, NAFDAC Director General Dora Akunyili said, "overall, counterfeit drugs in circulation have dropped from an…
[...]FAKE CHINESE VIAGRA FOUND IN PARIS
PARIS, 8 sept 2006 (AFP) – French customs officials said Friday that they have detected 3,000 tablets of fake Viagra — the male impotence drug — in a consignment of contraband from China. Other goods found in a number of Paris stores included 16,000 toys, watches, sun-glasses and hand-bags. The total value of the haul…
[...]The medicines that could kill millions
Imagine the outcry if 500 people in a developed country such as the US or UK died after being given a fake medicine. Then consider that in the early 1990s a similar number of children died of kidney failure in India, Haiti, Bangladesh and Nigeria after taking fake paracetamol syrup contaminated with a toxic solvent.…
[...]Counterfeiting of medicines: MEPs want improved access to affordable medicines
In adopting a resolution on the counterfeiting of medicinal products, MEPs consider that the European Community should equip itself as a matter of urgency with the means to combat effectively illicit practices in the area of piracy and the counterfeiting of medicines. The House calls on the EU to take steps to strengthen the regulatory…
[...]Thai Officials Worried about Counterfeit Malaria Drugs
Thai health officials have expressed concern over counterfeit or expired malaria drugs discovered along the Thai-Burmese border that could potentially create more resistant strains of the disease. Dr Prat Bunyawongvirot, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, said during a regional health meeting on Tuesday that malaria is still a major problem in tropical…
[...]Fake foreign drugs detected in Vietnam
The fake medicines violate numerous drug regulations and standards with false VDA content declarations, bacterial contaminations, inconsistent dissolutions of medicines, incorrect weights and textures of drugs as well as improper mixing of eastern and western medicines. 07 September 2006 Read the full story at vietnamnet.vn.
[...]Houston man pleads guilty in fake vaccine scheme
The owner of a Houston home health-care business pleaded guilty today to federal charges accusing him of selling fake flu vaccine that was injected into nursing home residents and 1,100 Exxon Mobil employees. Iyad Abu El Hawa, 36, admitted that he purchased thousands of syringes and needles from an out-of-state company with the unauthorized use…
[...]END OF THE ROAD
Parents and guardians living in Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja, and Suleja, another town in Niger State, but close to the Federal Capital, have every reason to give thanks to the almighty God, following the arrest of three people that specialise in the sale and administration of unregistered, substandard and expired Hepatitis B vaccines…
[...]Initiative To Reduce Counterfeit Drugs Gets Mixed Reviews
Come December, drug makers and distributors will have to keep track of every single person who handles the 7.5 million bottles of medicine shipped daily within the U.S. These companies also will have to keep track of the drugs' lot numbers and the addresses they pass through. It's all part of an effort to reduce…
[...]La contrefaon, toujours une tromperie et parfois un crime !
Pour l'OMS, un mdicament contrefait est "un produit dont la composition et les principes actifs ne rpondent pas aux normes scientifiques. Il est inefficace et souvent dangereux pour le patient". Or la contrefaon prend des formes trs diverses. Et elle peut concerner aussi bien des produits de marque que des produits gnriques. Il existe en…
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