Media Reports on Medicines Quality - US Pharmacopeial Convention

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year to 111 currently. Similarly, the number of illegal health
clinics dropped from 1,055 to 305. The Secretary acknowledged
that counterfeit medicine trafficking is rampant in these
unlicensed establishments.
According to health officials, the circulation of counterfeit
medicine has dropped from 0.5% in 2010 to 0.18% in 2011.
Police seized more than two tons of counterfeit medicine and
arrested a pharmacy owner in the largest haul of illegal
medicine in the country. Officials discovered 42 kinds of
expired, substandard, and fake medicines worth an estimated
$100,000.
The SFDA announced that the budget for food and drug
supervision for 2006-2007 was 3.7 billion yuan (approximately
USD $500 million), more than the total funding from 1998
through 2005 combined. According to Administration Head
Shao Mingli, that spending provided equipment for 90% of the
provincial drug departments (60% of those at city level),
allowing them to conduct full-scale drug testing.
In 2006, Hong Kong customs seized HK $139,000 (USD
$17,800) worth of counterfeit drugs in 19 cases. In 2007,
customs seized HK $20.6 million (USD $2,641,000) worth of
counterfeits in 28 cases.
Recently, one man died and 11 others were taken to the hospital
after taking fake Viagra.
A man died from the effects of a contaminated drug given to
him in 2006. After contracting hepatitis, the man was
hospitalized in April 2006 and given fake Armillarisni A
injection, which had been contaminated with diglycol instead of
propylene glycol. Since 2006, the man had received kidney and
liver transplants, but died of kidney failure.
The contaminated Armillarisni A injections were given to 65
2010. Available at: www.phnompenhpost.com
Accessed Dec 27, 2010
Sothanarith, K. US helps fight counterfeit drugs
in Cambodia. Voice of America. Feb 27, 2012
Available at: www.voanews.com Accessed Feb
28, 2012
Leakhana, K. and Knox, C. Record high
counterfeit medicine haul. Phnom Penh Post. Sep
24, 2012. Available at: www.phnompost.com
Accessed Sep 24, 2012
Record spending on drug, food control.
PharmaTimes. February 5, 2008. Available at:
www.pharmatimes.com/worldnews/article.aspx?i
d=12792 Accessed: February 6, 2008
Moy, Patsy. HK at center of global drugs scam.
The Standard. February 11, 2008. Available from:
www.thestandard.com Accessed: Feb 12, 2008
Moy, Patsy. HK at center of global drugs scam.
The Standard. February 11, 2008. Available from:
www.thestandard.com Accessed: Feb 12, 2008
Death toll from contaminated drug rises to 14 in S
China. Xinhuanet. Jan 23, 2008. Available at:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-
01/24/content_7482979.htm Accessed: Feb 4,
2008
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