Look in your medicine cabinet, reflect on the those pills you may
have taken for a recent flu. How do you know they are not fake?
Counterfeit medicines are 25 times more profitable than selling drugs and according to the World Health
Organisation it is “an age-old practice which flourishes in many
countries and is motivated mainly by the huge profits to be made”.
Here are a few examples: Cough syrup containing antifreeze (that led
to 84 deaths in Nigeria in 2009). Teething medicine for babies made
from car battery fluid and false contraceptives.
Figures from the WHO show that every year between 100,000 and one million people are victims of the trade in counterfeit medicines.
The Council of Europe introduced a treaty nearly five years ago
in a a bid to crack down on the practice of selling fake medicines. It
provides a framework for national and international co-operation in
tackling the problem.
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Source: Euronews
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