Growing threat from counterfeit medicines

Lifesaving drugs are not exempt from the trade in counterfeit medicines. The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Interpol to dislodge the criminal networks raking in billions of dollars from this cynical trade.

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Published inBulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 88; no. 4; pp. 247 - 248
Main Author Anon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland World Health Organization 01.04.2010
The World Health Organization
Subjects
Antiparasitic agents
Cooperation
Counterfeit
Counterfeiting
Crime
Crime - economics
Criminal investigations
Deception
Diabetes
Drugs
Erectile dysfunction
Health
Humans
International organizations
Internet
Law enforcement
Malaria
Medicine
Networks
Organizations
Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics
Pharmaceuticals
Public health
Transnationalism
World Health Organization
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Summary:Lifesaving drugs are not exempt from the trade in counterfeit medicines. The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Interpol to dislodge the criminal networks raking in billions of dollars from this cynical trade.
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ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.10.020410