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25-Nov-2008Operation Mamba: Authorities seized hundreds of different brands of counterfeit medicines including antimalarials in Tanzania and Uganda
17-Nov-2008
Operation Storm: Interpol seizes counterfeit medicines worth $6.65 million in South East Asia
15-Feb-2008
Operation Jupiter: Dust and pollen particles in counterfeit drugs expose offenders in China
14-Feb-2008
Toxic counterfeit cold medicine in Panama
Panamanian investigators said that 115 people were fatally poisoned by taking counterfeit cold medicine containing the toxic antifreezing agent diethylene glycol. Later in the UK, the same toxic agent emerged in tainted toothpaste from China.
03-Dec-2007
Counterfeit medicines reporting in UK
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) reports cases of counterfeit medicines on its homepage.
03-Dec-2007
OECD warns about counterfeit medicines proliferation
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a report documenting the global proliferation of counterfeit medicines. In one case, a counterfeit medicine travelled from China across the world and was subsequently distributed in no less than 42 different countries.
More information on the OECD report can be found here.
