According to a new European Commission, seizures of counterfeit drugs at the EU border rose 51 percent last year compared with 2006. Drugs seized last year included hypertension, osteoporosis and cholesterol treatments, and Viagra was the most popular counterfeited medicine.
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May 30th, 2008 at 3:45 am
As a pharmaceutic, with my own pharmacy in the Canary Islands, Spain, I am really surprised about this post, I do not think that counterfeits are so extended right here, but I can tell you that Spain has really low prices in drugs, and most prescriptions of hypertension, osteoporis and cholesterol are paied by the goverment. I guess that would ensure a low counterfiet level. Viagra is a diferente story….
Do you have more data about the conterfeit drugs in Europe? I am really interested about it. Thanks.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Please post a link to the report.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I’m listening, Peter.
Full report is here:
REPORT ON COMMUNITY CUSTOMS ACTIVITIES ON COUNTERFEIT AND PIRACY
See page 18 for the “medicines” data.
Adam
May 30th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Thanks for the link, Adam.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:06 am
[…] 10-06-08 No es que me sorprenda esta noticia de Eleconomista, porque muchos blogs estadounidenses vienen hablando sobre la importancia de la falsificación de los medicamentos. Es verdad que en Europa o en España, el líder indiscutible de estas falsificaciones, que principalemente provienen de China e India, es el Viagra de Pfizer, aunque también existen un importante volumen de falsificaciones de Levitra y Cialis, es más la Union Euoropea acaba de presentar un informe sobre falsificaciones, en el cual, se reconoce que las falsificaciones de medicamentos en Europa se han incrementado en un 51%. […]