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…
Read MoreNigerian police intercepted a pharmacist storing fake medicines in plastic buckets, including ones that had not been legitimately produced in more than nine years.
Read MoreFilipino lawmakers are seeking strong anti-counterfeiting legislation after a national report announced that one of every ten drugs is fake.
Read MoreLaw enforcement is investigating what appears to be theft and substitution of medicine mailed by a Veterans Administration pharmacy to a Petersburg, Virginia patient.
Read MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned the public that criminals are posing as law enforcement agents to extort money from people who purchased medication online.
Criminals are calling victims and identifying themselves as FDA or other law enforcement officials. The imposters inform the victims that purchasing drugs over the Internet or the telephone is illegal and that they will be prosecuted for this crime unless they pay a fine ranging from $100 to $250,000.
In addition, victims also have suffered from unauthorized purchases on their credit cards.
Read MoreIn October, spam began to decline worldwide, according to experts that follow spam, after the closure of Spamit, a Russian affiliate program that paid spammers to promote “Canadian Pharmacy” brand rogue pharmacies.
Read MoreFollowing Gujarat’s example, the Maharashta Food and Drug Administration (Maha FDA) launched an online licensing process for retail pharmacists, the first of its kind in the state.
Read MoreThe Veterinary Medicines Directorate announced that in April 2012 that the sales of veterinary medicines over the internet will be more tightly controlled in Britain.
Read MoreDr. Paul Orhii, Director General of the Food and Drug Administration and Control for Nigeria, (NAFDAC), described 2010 as “very remarkable and busy” in the fight against fake drugs.
Read MoreNigerian police have arrested two men for stealing money and medicine from a pharmaceutical company in Lagos. The two men allegedly broke into Remson Investment Nigeria Limited in Lagos and stole N470,500 in cash and approximately N600,000 (US$4,000) in pharmaceutical products. The police have arrested Bishop Godsent, 34, as the recipient of the stolen drugs…
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