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SANAA, 4 Jul 2006 (IRIN) – Poverty is pushing patients towards cheaper counterfeit medicines, many of which have passed their expiry dates and pose a health hazard, according to health officials. Poor patients are at risk from using expired and fake medicines, said Dr Hashem al-Zain, World Health Organization representative in Yemen. Al-Zain added that almost all counterfeit drugs which…
Read MoreThe sale of counterfeit drugs has reached extremely high volumes in the developing world. Some countries are taking steps to address the problem. In Uganda, for instance, the government has authorized the National Drug Authority to fight this issue. Dr. David Mukanga is a pharmacist and public health specialist in Kampala, Uganda. He told Voice of America English to Africa…
Read MoreA pharmaceutical company that made a drug which killed 11 people in Guangdong Province has been fined 19 million yuan (US$2.3 million) by a drug watchdog. The production licence of the Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Company, based in Northeast China, has also been revoked by the Heilongjiang provincial food and drug administration and the sale of the firm's drugs banned.…
Read MoreBEIRUT: The Lebanese Pharmaceutical Importers Association (LIPA) has a new weapon in the fight against counterfeiters, and a new way of assuring consumers of the authenticity and safety of their medication. Those who have made a trip to the pharmacy in the past few months may have already noticed the new LIPA "hologram" sticker on the back of various medication…
Read MoreA specialist urologist, Dr. James Nkusi has said that counterfeit medicines are becoming a serious problem and control measures are being taken worldwide. He said the sale of such drugs is highly profitable as it is a low risk enterprise and non-taxable in most cases. Nkusi said that the danger to the consumer is that the products are of low…
Read MoreGov. Jeb Bush signed into law a sharply contested measure that relaxes paperwork rules aimed at stopping unscrupulous pharmacy wholesalers from selling fake or adulterated drugs. The governor said the rules, due to take effect Saturday, could needlessly burden pharmaceutical warehouses and potentially cause shortages of medicine. He echoed arguments made by large wholesale drug firms and others who favored…
Read More(Kyodo) _ Police served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on two foreigners on suspicion of smuggling and selling fake Viagra and other medicines without a license, they said. The police and customs seized a total of about 100,000 pills at Kansai International Airport and other places related to the suspects — Kim Lorenzo Gen, a 46-year-old South Korean-American, and Yun…
Read MoreJALALABAD, June 27 (Pajhwok Afghan News): The provincial government has destroyed about two tons of expired medicines in this provincial capital of the eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. Officials of the provincial health department said 68 different types of medicines were either seized by the authorities during raids on medical stores or handed over to them by NGOs for being…
Read MoreCounterfeit Medicines can be life threatening, the Department of Health, Region VI warned. According to the DOH about ten percent of medicines bought in pharmacies are fake. Counterfeit or fake medicines are not registered with the Bureau of Food and Drugs. It is manufactured and distributed by persons who only seek for money. 26 June 2006 Read the full story…
Read MoreIn San Diego, two people fell gravely ill after receiving black-market silicone injections to plump up their faces. In Salinas, Calif., a woman died after receiving a supposed Botox injection that was actually cooking oil And in Miami, a group of people who thought they were getting Botox became paralyzed after a different, highly concentrated form of the deadly botulinum…
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