Counterfeit medications (English Wikipedia)

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Bansal D, Malla S, Gudala K, Tiwari P (March 2013). "Anti-Counterfeit Technologies: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective". Sci Pharm. 81 (1): 1–13. doi:10.3797/scipharm.1202-03. PMC 3617666. PMID 23641326.
Bassat, Quique; Tanner, Marcel; Guerin, Philippe J.; Stricker, Kirstin; Hamed, Kamal (January 1, 2016). "Combating poor-quality anti-malarial medicines: a call to action". Malaria Journal. 15 (1): 302. doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1357-8. ISSN 1475-2875. PMC 4888506. PMID 27251199.
Cuomo, RE (2014). "An exploration of counterfeit medicine surveillance strategies guided by geospatial analysis: lessons learned from counterfeit Avastin detection in the US drug supply chain". BMJ Open. 4 (12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006657. PMC 4256545. PMID 25468507.
Zullo, Andrew R.; Dore, David D.; Galárraga, Omar (2015). "Development and validation of an index to predict personal prescription drug importation by adults in the United States". Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. 6 (1): 33–41. doi:10.1111/jphs.12088. PMC 4930104. PMID 27375777.
Zullo, AR; Howe, CJ; Galárraga, O (February 2, 2016). "Estimating the Effect of Health Insurance on Personal Prescription Drug Importation". Medical Care Research and Review. 74 (2): 178–207. doi:10.1177/1077558716629039. PMC 4970983. PMID 26837427.
Pyzik, Oksana Zirka; Abubakar, Ibrahim (August 18, 2022). "Fighting the fakes: tackling substandard and falsified medicines". Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 8 (1): 55. doi:10.1038/s41572-022-00387-1. ISSN 2056-676X. PMID 35982063. S2CID 251629409.
Adeshokan, Oluwatosin; Ro, Christine (May 12, 2023). "Nigeria's marathon struggle against counterfeit medicines". BMJ. 381: 1082. doi:10.1136/bmj.p1082. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 37172965. S2CID 258639594.

downtoearth.org.in

"Fake drugs constitute 25% of domestic medicines market in India: ASSOCHAM". Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2017.

drugscope.org.uk

"Ecstasy - common misconceptions". DrugScope. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2012.

e-surgery.com

"Kamagra- The Fake Medication Used Across The UK". e-Surgery. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

economist.com

"Bad Medicine", The Economist, Oct. 13, 2012

epcglobalinc.org

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fda.gov

Randall W. Lutter (November 1, 2005). "Hearing on Counterfeit Drugs within the United States". Food and Drug Administration. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009.

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"Indian-made cold syrup sent to Iraq contains poison, test shows". gulfnews.com. July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.

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"IMS Health Reports Global Prescription Sales Grew 6.4 Percent in 2007, to $712 Billion". us: Imshealth.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.

indiatimes.com

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"Detect counterfeit drugs through cloud services technology, system evolved from HP's pilot African project". The Times Of India. September 29, 2011. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013.

ip-watch.org

Kaitlin Mara, Coverage Of Anti-Counterfeit Policy Debate Varies Widely Across Global Media, Intellectual Property Watch, August 2, 2010. Consulted on August 11, 2010.

justice.gov

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kataeb.org

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"Judicial Inquiry Underway into Major Counterfeit Cancer Drug Scandal". kataeb.org. Retrieved June 9, 2025.

medicalnewstoday.com

Nordqvist, Christian (January 17, 2012). "Fake Antimalarial Medications Undermine Africa Malaria Drive". Medical News Today. Retrieved January 18, 2012.

mosaicscience.com

"Fake drugs: the global industry putting your life at risk". Mosaic. October 30, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

mpedigree.net

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myjoyonline.com

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Sample news report here: "Ghana News :: Technology to detect counterfeit drugs on trial, ::: Breaking News | News in Ghana | health". Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2010.

naharnet.com

"Hassan Khalil's brother held in fake cancer drugs case". Naharnet. Retrieved June 9, 2025.

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Bansal D, Malla S, Gudala K, Tiwari P (March 2013). "Anti-Counterfeit Technologies: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective". Sci Pharm. 81 (1): 1–13. doi:10.3797/scipharm.1202-03. PMC 3617666. PMID 23641326.
Bassat, Quique; Tanner, Marcel; Guerin, Philippe J.; Stricker, Kirstin; Hamed, Kamal (January 1, 2016). "Combating poor-quality anti-malarial medicines: a call to action". Malaria Journal. 15 (1): 302. doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1357-8. ISSN 1475-2875. PMC 4888506. PMID 27251199.
Cuomo, RE (2014). "An exploration of counterfeit medicine surveillance strategies guided by geospatial analysis: lessons learned from counterfeit Avastin detection in the US drug supply chain". BMJ Open. 4 (12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006657. PMC 4256545. PMID 25468507.
Zullo, Andrew R.; Dore, David D.; Galárraga, Omar (2015). "Development and validation of an index to predict personal prescription drug importation by adults in the United States". Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. 6 (1): 33–41. doi:10.1111/jphs.12088. PMC 4930104. PMID 27375777.
Zullo, AR; Howe, CJ; Galárraga, O (February 2, 2016). "Estimating the Effect of Health Insurance on Personal Prescription Drug Importation". Medical Care Research and Review. 74 (2): 178–207. doi:10.1177/1077558716629039. PMC 4970983. PMID 26837427.
Pyzik, Oksana Zirka; Abubakar, Ibrahim (August 18, 2022). "Fighting the fakes: tackling substandard and falsified medicines". Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 8 (1): 55. doi:10.1038/s41572-022-00387-1. ISSN 2056-676X. PMID 35982063. S2CID 251629409.
Adeshokan, Oluwatosin; Ro, Christine (May 12, 2023). "Nigeria's marathon struggle against counterfeit medicines". BMJ. 381: 1082. doi:10.1136/bmj.p1082. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 37172965. S2CID 258639594.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Bansal D, Malla S, Gudala K, Tiwari P (March 2013). "Anti-Counterfeit Technologies: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective". Sci Pharm. 81 (1): 1–13. doi:10.3797/scipharm.1202-03. PMC 3617666. PMID 23641326.
Bassat, Quique; Tanner, Marcel; Guerin, Philippe J.; Stricker, Kirstin; Hamed, Kamal (January 1, 2016). "Combating poor-quality anti-malarial medicines: a call to action". Malaria Journal. 15 (1): 302. doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1357-8. ISSN 1475-2875. PMC 4888506. PMID 27251199.
Cuomo, RE (2014). "An exploration of counterfeit medicine surveillance strategies guided by geospatial analysis: lessons learned from counterfeit Avastin detection in the US drug supply chain". BMJ Open. 4 (12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006657. PMC 4256545. PMID 25468507.
Zullo, Andrew R.; Dore, David D.; Galárraga, Omar (2015). "Development and validation of an index to predict personal prescription drug importation by adults in the United States". Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. 6 (1): 33–41. doi:10.1111/jphs.12088. PMC 4930104. PMID 27375777.
Zullo, AR; Howe, CJ; Galárraga, O (February 2, 2016). "Estimating the Effect of Health Insurance on Personal Prescription Drug Importation". Medical Care Research and Review. 74 (2): 178–207. doi:10.1177/1077558716629039. PMC 4970983. PMID 26837427.

nytimes.com

"Chinese Chemicals Flow Unchecked to World Drug Market" article reported by Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker and Andrew W. Lehren and written by Mr. Bogdanich in The New York Times October 31, 2007
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outsourcing-pharma.com

"New counterfeit report highlights worrying trends". Outsourcing-pharma.com. November 7, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2012.

psnc.org.uk

PSNC. "Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD)". PSNC Main site. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

reuters.com

"As African kids died, doctors fought for ban on toxic Indian syrup". Reuters. Retrieved May 13, 2023.

securingpharma.com

Phil Taylor. "Kenya plans national roll-out of mobile anti-counterfeiting tech". Securingpharma.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
"Sproxil claims milestone with 1 millionth medicine verification". SecuringPharma. Retrieved February 14, 2012.

semanticscholar.org

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Pyzik, Oksana Zirka; Abubakar, Ibrahim (August 18, 2022). "Fighting the fakes: tackling substandard and falsified medicines". Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 8 (1): 55. doi:10.1038/s41572-022-00387-1. ISSN 2056-676X. PMID 35982063. S2CID 251629409.
Adeshokan, Oluwatosin; Ro, Christine (May 12, 2023). "Nigeria's marathon struggle against counterfeit medicines". BMJ. 381: 1082. doi:10.1136/bmj.p1082. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 37172965. S2CID 258639594.

serostim.com

"Serostim® (somatropin) For Injection | Website For Patients". Serostim.

tesaaworld.com

Barakat, Diana (June 5, 2025). "An international network for smuggling counterfeit cancer drugs has been busted in Lebanon, with several involved individuals, including officers and officials, being arrested". TESAA. Retrieved June 9, 2025.

thenews.com.pk

"About 100 people have died from spurious antihypertensives in Lahore". Thenews.com.pk. January 24, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.

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"DRA details: President issues ordinance to form drug regulatory body". The Express Tribune. February 17, 2012.

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"WHO | Substandard and counterfeit medicines". Who.int. August 25, 2004. Archived from the original on December 12, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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"Fake drugs constitute 25% of domestic medicines market in India: ASSOCHAM". Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
Randall W. Lutter (November 1, 2005). "Hearing on Counterfeit Drugs within the United States". Food and Drug Administration. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009.
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"Home page". mPedigree. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2012.
Sample news report here: "Ghana News :: Technology to detect counterfeit drugs on trial, ::: Breaking News | News in Ghana | health". Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
"Sproxil fight against counterfeit drugs". Tech.233.com.gh. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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"WHO | Substandard and counterfeit medicines". Who.int. August 25, 2004. Archived from the original on December 12, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2012.

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Mark Davison, "Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting: Combating the Real Danger from Fake Drugs", Wiley, 2011, 426pp

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Bassat, Quique; Tanner, Marcel; Guerin, Philippe J.; Stricker, Kirstin; Hamed, Kamal (January 1, 2016). "Combating poor-quality anti-malarial medicines: a call to action". Malaria Journal. 15 (1): 302. doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1357-8. ISSN 1475-2875. PMC 4888506. PMID 27251199.
Pyzik, Oksana Zirka; Abubakar, Ibrahim (August 18, 2022). "Fighting the fakes: tackling substandard and falsified medicines". Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 8 (1): 55. doi:10.1038/s41572-022-00387-1. ISSN 2056-676X. PMID 35982063. S2CID 251629409.
Adeshokan, Oluwatosin; Ro, Christine (May 12, 2023). "Nigeria's marathon struggle against counterfeit medicines". BMJ. 381: 1082. doi:10.1136/bmj.p1082. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 37172965. S2CID 258639594.

wsj.com

Christopher Weaver; Jeanne Whalen (July 20, 2012). "How fake cancer drugs entered U.S." The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 19, 2015.