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U.S. Lawmakers Advance Bill on Prescription Drug Tracking

09.05.2013 - A U.S. House of Representatives panel advanced a bill on Wednesday on how the federal government should track prescription drugs as they move through the distribution chain, over...

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U.S. FDA Cracks Down on Thousands of Websites for Selling Fake Drugs

04.10.2012 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it has cracked down on thousands of online pharmacies for selling potentially unsafe, unapproved or fake pharmaceuticals...

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Toxic Capsules Help the Medicine Go down in China

18.06.2012 - Hou Zhihui breaks open a cold-medicine capsule, pours the powder on to a piece of steamed dough and folds it together. He passes the miniature bun to a colleague who pops it in her...

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Fake Drugs Threaten Gains Made in War on Malaria

22.05.2012 - Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the...

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EU Plans to Block Fake Drugs Spark Industry Row

27.04.2012 - A European Union plan to tighten drug packaging rules in a bid to stamp out counterfeits has triggered a row between makers of big name medicines and those producing cheap generics...

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Fake Avastin Reached US via Britain

05.04.2012 - A new batch of counterfeit cancer drug Avastin discovered in the United States was bought in Turkey and shipped through Britain by a UK-based business, officials said on Wednesday...