Fake medicines 'a growing menace'
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The European Union is warned to take steps to combat the growing problem of counterfeit drugs.
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Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, official figures show.
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Counterfeit prescription drugs are proliferating in Russia and elsewhere, according to the industry and the Food and Drug Administration.
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Testing revealed fake versions of Lipitor and other widely used prescription drugs ordered through Web sites linked to a Canadian pharmacy, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
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New studies are raising questions about whether drugs that have been used by millions of cancer patients might actually be harming them.
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Gangs of ethnic Chinese are involved in the growing trade in counterfeit anti-malarial drugs, the BBC is told.
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A UK government laboratory says it has shown how to detect counterfeit medicines through their packaging.
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The complex nature of drug names can cause prescription errors and be harmful to patients, academics say.
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Counterfeit medicines, some of them sold over the Internet, are swamping unregulated markets in developing nations with sometimes fatal results, the U.N. drug control watchdog said on Thursday.
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The elderly risk accidentally harming themselves by taking potentially lethal mixtures of medicines, an expert warns.
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As many as half of the Viagra anti-impotence pills sold on the Internet could be counterfeit, British scientists said on Tuesday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be a vigilant industry watchdog that prevents harmful products from reaching America&#39;s kitchen tables and medicine chests.
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Medicine bottles in the USA are going to have miniscule radio antennas (mini masts) as manufacturers try to combat growing counterfeiting of drugs.
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Doctors are warning people not to buy the anti-impotency drug, Viagra, over the internet, because they have found conclusive evidence that it is usually fake and could lead to a number of side effects, including a heart attack.
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often via spam-style blastings that plague mailboxes worldwide -- is fake, a British researcher said Tuesday. Dr. Nic Wilson of the School of Pharmacy
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Illegally selling prescription drugs over-the-counter is adding to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, according to a recent study.
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'If you sell illegal medicines, we will stop you' Healthcare regulators have raided a series of UK web businesses believed to be connected to the illegal offering of prescription drugs on the internet.â¦