Nigerian Pharmacies Selling Fake Antibiotics Shut Down

January 18, 2011

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down numerous pharmacies selling fake drugs in Benue state.

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Study Investigates Online Rogue Pharmacies

January 17, 2011

A new study shows online rogue pharmacies using North American and Western European web hosting while fulfilling orders from other regions of the world.

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Father Asserts Expired Drugs Killed Infant

January 14, 2011

Police questioned Kashmiri hospital employees after an infant allegedly died from an injection with expired medication.

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7,000 Pills Vanished in Pharmacy Theft

January 13, 2011

A Northeast Florida pharmacist has been charged with the theft of 7,000 prescription painkiller pills from a Rite Aid drug store that are still missing.

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Mailed Drugs Stolen: Two More Cases

January 12, 2011

Three people are suspected of stealing mail packages, some of which including medicine deliveries from Gwinnett County, Georgia homes.

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Argentinian Federal Judges Continue Counterfeit Medicine Investigation

January 12, 2011

Argentinian authorities are continuing their two year investigation into the fake drug syndicate that infiltrated the Argentinian workers’ unions.

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Anti-Counterfeiting Tech On the Rise

January 11, 2011

Anti-counterfeiting specialists believe that medicine counterfeiting will increase in 2011. Pharma IQ conducted a survey in October 2000 of 1000 medicine anti-counterfeiting experts. More than 60% stated that the threat of fake drugs will increase in 2011. Experts are concerned about the rate of growth in emerging markets in Asia as well as internet sales…

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Fake Drugs Sold Like Peanuts

January 11, 2011

Nigerian police intercepted a pharmacist storing fake medicines in plastic buckets, including ones that had not been legitimately produced in more than nine years.

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10% of Drugs Fake in Philippines

January 10, 2011

Filipino lawmakers are seeking strong anti-counterfeiting legislation after a national report announced that one of every ten drugs is fake.

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Mailed Drugs Substituted with Fakes

January 10, 2011

Law enforcement is investigating what appears to be theft and substitution of medicine mailed by a Veterans Administration pharmacy to a Petersburg, Virginia patient.

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