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New Jersey: two men arrested for possessing and distributing 9000 counterfeit Viagra pills

According to Nj.com federal and Hudson County officials are accusing two New Jersey men of possessing and distributing counterfeit Viagra pills. Yousef M. Awawda, 34, of Union City, and Abdul J. Kazan, 27, of Haledon, had 9,602 counterfeit Viagra pills in their possession when they were arrested in North Bergen Wednesday, officials said. Read Article

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U.S.: Pharmacy board issues warning of increasing online counterfeit drugs sales

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) today issued a report about the continually increasing online counterfeit drug supply and the urgent need for international collaboration among regulators and other public agencies as well as private sector entities. As described in the Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: [...]

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Europe: Six people arrested in fake Viagra scam

Six people were arrested in UK and Spain for importing and selling counterfeit drugs including Viagra. The medicine caused health problems including death. According to BBC news, the fake Viagra was imported from China and Singapore and distributed via the internet to customers throughout Europe. Read Article

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U.S., FDA warns pharmacists of drug counterfeits for shortages of certain drugs

Drugs such as Taxol, Cytarabine, Daunorubicin, Doxil, and Leucovorin are in short supply, delaying patients with various forms of cancer from getting the treatments they need or forcing them to seek alternative, possibly less-effective treatments, FDA announced recently. Read Article

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Thailand: hotbed of couterfeit drugs

Viagra is the most counterfeited drug in Thailand. In Pattaya it is sold in every street corner and in the sex districts in Bangkok you can find one it very easy. Many have been arrested for smuggling Viagra into the country but some are also probably made locally. Tuberculosis, Malaria, and HIV drugs are also [...]

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Freemont Ohio, Man arrested with counterfeit shoes, clothes, drugs, currency

The Fremont Police Department seized counterfeit shoes, clothes, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and currency from a Fremont business owner Thursday, after getting complaints about the suspected duplicate goods and alleged drug activity. Read Article

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Qatar plans new law against counterfeit drugs

Qatar’s Supreme Council of Health’s Pharmacy and Drug Control Department (PDCD) has issued a new draft law to combat and criminalise the sale of counterfeit drugs in the country. Dr Aisha Ebrahim Al Ansari, PDCD director, claimed once passed into law, it will be the first in Qatar and in the Middle East, Qatari daily [...]

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Zambia, Counterfeit Drug Laboratory opens

GOVERNMENT says the National Drug Quality Control laboratory commissioned in Lusaka yesterday will play a significant role in quality assurance of medicines and related substances coming into the country. Minister of Health Kapembwa Simbao said the laboratory, which falls under the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority (PRA), will enhance the institution’s capacity to curb the proliferation of [...]

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FDA Warning: Fake Radiation Pills Being Marketed, Sold Online

Amidst ongoing fears of radiation exposure and nuclear crisis in Japan, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now warning consumers about unapproved, counterfeit pills and medications being illegally marketed and sold online as anti-radiation treatments. The anti-radiation treatments may be sold as dietary supplements, food products, vaccines, drugs or other devices and may [...]

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Microsoft takes down major fake drug spam

Microsoft on Thursday announced the dismantling of a “notorious and complex” network of virus-infected computers used to send billions of email messages daily hawking fake drugs. The Rustock “botnet” consisted of about a million computers that were infected with malicious code to let hackers covertly control the machines from afar using “command and control” servers. [...]

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