Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
Woman’s sight damaged by drugs bought on Internet
Doctors have warned against buying prescription drugs on the Internet after a woman was left with severely damaged sight. The 64-year-old pensioner had been taking the oral steroid prednisolone for four years which she had bought from an online pharmaceutical company in Thailand. By JENNY HOPE10 August 2006 Read the full story at dailymail.co.uk.
[...]Counterfeit lipitor found again in the United Kingdom
OTTAWA – Health Canada is informing consumers about a batch of counterfeit Lipitor (the brand name for atorvastatin) found on the market in the United Kingdom. This drug is used to treat high cholesterol. The counterfeit Lipitor has a lot number of 004405K1, with an expiration date of "11 2007." The counterfeit Lipitor was originally…
[...]Fake Lipitor lingers in supply chain
Fake Lipitor lingers in supply chain The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reissued its safety warning after it was discovered that a recall in July 2005 of batch 004405K1 of Lipitor 20mg tablets had left some fake tablets with pharmacists. These tablets contain lovastatin as an active ingredient as opposed to…
[...]UK finds further fake packs of Pfizer drug Lipitor
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – British authorities have found more counterfeit packs of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) blockbuster cholesterol pill Lipitor in the legitimate supply chain, highlighting the risk posed by fake drugs, officials said on Wednesday. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first seized fake packs of the medicine in July…
[...]Una web india ofrece medicamentos falsificados a farmacias valencianas
Una web india ofrece medicamentos falsificados a farmacias valencianas Best Generic Pharmacy es una farmacia on line ubicada en la India. Ofrece medicamentos "genricos de marca", dice en su web , "fabricados en instalaciones certificadas por el Gobierno, que satisfacen o sobrepasan los estndares ms altos de la FDA y la OMS". Pero entre su…
[...]Bogus drugs could kill
Trading standards officers have warned people could end up with harmful fakes if they buy prescription drugs over the Internet. The officers have been buying drugs such as Viagra, Tamiflu, Prozac and Valium from foreign websites, but some have turned out to be bogus or contaminated. By Andrew French23 June 2006 Read the full story…
[...]Consumers ‘playing Russian roulette’ with online drugs
Thousands of consumers are playing 'Russian roulette' with their lives by buying prescription drugs online which may be laced with poisonous chemicals, experts have warned. The Trading Standards Institute has reported a boom in such sales as people increasingly turn to the Internet to self-diagnose and medicate their ailments. 21 June 2006 Read the full…
[...]US and EU pledge to take action over fake goods
The US and Europe will on Tuesday pledge to take joint action to stem the world's swelling tide of fake goods… By Andrew Bounds18 June 2006 Read the full story at ft.com.
[...]Five arrested in fake drug raids in UK
Police swooped on a number of addresses across the UK this morning, seizing what are believed to be fake and illegal drugs and making several arrests, as part of a concerted campaign against medicine counterfeiters. Four people in London and one in West Yorkshire were arrested as a result of the raids, which uncovered caches…
[...]Multiple arrests & counterfeit seizures
As a result of intensive investigations conducted by MHRA investigators, several addresses across the country (both residential and commercial) were today visited. Several hundred thousand pounds worth of what are believed to be counterfeit and illegal drugs were seized, including lifestyle medicines and steroids. Documentation, computers and banking records were also taken. The searches were…
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