Largest fake drug haul in Europe from India
Customs officers at Brussels' Zaventem Airport, Belgium, have seized three shipments of counterfeit drugs in transit from Mumbai, India to Togo. According to local media reports, at over 2.1 million tablets, the haul is the biggest ever uncovered in the European Union.
The two products targeted by the counterfeiters were: Fansidar (pyrimethamine sulfadoxine), an antimalarial made under license from Swiss drug major Roche; and Tramal (tramadol HCl), a painkiller originally manufactured by German pharmaceutical firm Grunenthal.
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