Medications
Police seize millions in huge fake Viagra swoop
Police in several European countries on Monday arrested 12 people and seized millions of euros in assets in a swoop on counterfeit Viagra dealers, authorities said.
Sep 1, 2014
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Medications
Fake drugs labelled as Chinese tea: France in record haul (Update)
Aspirin, anti-diarrhoea and erectile dysfunction drugs: French customs have seized millions of counterfeit medicines imported from China in what they described as the biggest haul of its kind within the European Union.
Apr 10, 2014
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Medications
Counterfeit medicine trade targets Africa's poor
From Cameroon to Ivory Coast, Kenya to the DR Congo, traders in counterfeit drugs do a thriving business with the utmost cynicism and sometimes at the cost of human lives.
Aug 22, 2013
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Medications
Online pharmacy crackdown shutters 1,677 websites
U.S. and international regulators have seized more than $41 million in illegal medicines worldwide and shut down 1,677 websites as part of their ongoing fight against counterfeit drugs sold over the Internet.
Jun 27, 2013
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Medications
FDA device will screen for fake medicines overseas
U.S. health officials are making a high-tech screening device available to African authorities to help spot counterfeit malaria pills in hopes that the technology may eventually be used to combat the fake drug trade worldwide.
Apr 24, 2013
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Medications
Report calls for better U.S. efforts to fight counterfeit drugs
(HealthDay)—Aiming to reduce the global threat of counterfeit drugs, a new Institute of Medicine report also recommends changes in the United States that include a mandatory drug-tracking system and tighter licensing rules ...
Feb 13, 2013
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Addiction
Tobacco industry claims on cigarette packaging are nonsense
Claims that replacing alluring designs on cigarette packs with a plain standardised look will increase illegal tobacco production are baseless - according to a new report published today (Friday) by an international expert.
Nov 23, 2012
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Medications
Illegal medications seized in 16 African countries
An unprecedented crackdown in 16 African countries netted 82 million doses of illegal or counterfeit drugs, including antibiotics, contraceptives and malaria treatments, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) said on Thursday.
Oct 25, 2012
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Medications
Simple new test to combat counterfeit drug problem in developing countries
In a thrust against the major problem of counterfeit medicines sold in developing countries, which causes thousands of illnesses and deaths annually, scientists today described development of a simple, paper-strip test that ...
Aug 19, 2012
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Medications
New research reveals extent of poor-quality antimalarial medicines in South American countries
Two articles recently published in Malaria Journal shed new light on the quality of antimalarial medicines circulating in countries in the Amazon Basin in South America. Researchers from the Promoting the Quality of Medicines ...
Aug 1, 2012
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