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Counterfeit drugs gang jailed: Trio planned to produce fake impotence tablets worth £1.6 million

A gang who planned to make half a million counterfeit tablets from a residential flat in central London has been jailed at the Old Bailey today. The sentences follow a City of London Police investigation into a plan to produce counterfeit medicines with a street value of £1.6 million. Police raided the flat in July 2010, which appeared to have been equipped to produce the Prescription Only Medicine tadalafil, known in the UK as Cialis and used by doctors to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). Read Article

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China, online sale of counterfeit drugs targeted

Online sales of fake drugs have become the target of an intellectual property rights violation crackdown. “We’ve noticed a proliferation of such illegal activities in cyberspace in recent years and have decided to prioritize combating them,” State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) deputy director Bian Zhenjia said on Tuesday. Read Article

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Florida, arrest made in counterfeit marijuana sale

The sheriff is happy to have three “losers” off the streets after a man reported that he was kidnapped and beaten. According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, 20-year-old Jordan Marrero told deputies he sold a bag of a green leafy substance to two other people at about 5:30 Tuesday evening in Palm Coast. Read [...]

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