Controversy over counterfeit drugs at World Health Assembly

27 May 2009

This year's truncated agenda for the World Health Assembly, held between May 18 and 22, left out the current hot topic of counterfeit drugs, but  contentious issue still had an impact on the World Health  Organization-run event, Intellectual Property Watch reports.

The question of what constituted a counterfeit drug arose during a  discussion on the WHO's future plans as several countries took issue  with the agency's current program to combat counterfeiting.

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