Action needed to reduce counterfeiting threat to Europe's medicines supply chain

7 December 2009

Further action to stop the amount of fake and counterfeit medicines entering the pharmaceutical supply chain in Europe is needed, despite International action coordinated by the World Health Organization and Interpol last month leading to over 70 illegal web sites being closed (The Pharma Letter November 22). Tens of thousands of counterfeit medicine doses were also confiscated, notes a study published today by the School of Pharmacy, part of the University of London, UK.

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