Prescription Drug Affordability Boards States across the country are experimenting with Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDABs) to address the price of medicine. Each state has a different approach. Several exist…
Gilead Sciences reports that unauthorized distributors have been selling counterfeit versions of its HIV treatments, Biktarvy and Descovy, to U.S. pharmacies. It’s the second case of counterfeit HIV medicine reaching U.S. pharmacies in the last 12 months.
Publications The Partnership for Safe Medicines develops materials to keep policymakers, pharmacists, law enforcement and all Americans up-to-date on major issues that effect the safety and legitimacy of U.S. medicines.…
Counterfeit Drug Incident Encyclopedia View larger map Criminals make billions of dollars creating and selling counterfeit medications around the world. These drugs can be difficult to detect, but detecting them…
In August 2007, Chinese national Kevin Xu was charged with distributing counterfeit and misbranded pharmaceuticals in the United States via the Internet.1The investigation of his crimes and his arrest in…
Last month, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a conference in Vienna to discuss the the production, distribution and trafficking of fake drugs by organized crime networks. The conference, which was held February 14-15, gathered an international group of experts from governments, law enforcement agencies, NGOs and the private sector to share information about the scale of the problem, which has significant impact worldwide. UNODC has found that in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America as much as 30 percent of available drugs are fraudulent, and that the trafficking of unsafe or ineffective medicine is “a multi-billion dollar activity.”
“What is the real reason criminals counterfeit drugs?” As Congressman Jim Matheson said at the 2011 Partnership for Safe Medicine’s Interchange “follow the money.”
A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) highlights why more counterfeit drug cases are appearing in news reports. Organized crime makes billions each year off of drug counterfeiting, amongst their other activities. The UNODC estimates global counterfeiting enterprises generate $250 billion (US) in annual profits.
Any Malaysian with an e-mail account would have had the displeasure of receiving e-mail with such headings or similar ones in their inbox. Most of us would normally mark it…