In this section you can read all the latest news about counterfeit and substandard medicines from around Europe and the world.
Articles from September 2007
Laser technology can detect fake medicines British scientists have developed a laser that can detect counterfeit drugs by picking up the characteristic light signature of
Articles from August 2007
Woman dies from fake sleeping pills Late last year, a 57-year old American woman ordered a package of sleeping pills from an online pharmacy based
Articles from July 2007
Fake medicines being sold in Indonesia Police in central Jakarta, Indonesia conducted surveillance and a test purchase of prescription and non-prescription medicines being sold over
Articles from June 2007
Plavix®: Class 1 medicines recall The MHRA in conjunction with the EMEA, with assistance from Waymade plc, are recalling parallel distributed stock of batches 3103/1