GLOBAL TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES KILLS ON A GRAND SCALE
March 1st, 2013
IF there is one crime condemned worldwide it is the sale and smuggling of counterfeit medicines. Sometimes close copies and sometimes dangerous substances - this crime kills on a grand scale.Counting the number of its victims accurately is difficult, because of the subversive nature of the trade, but some think-tanks have tried.The US-based International Policy Network has claimed fake tuberculosis and malaria drugs alone kill 700,000 people annually worldwide. This was built on World Health Organisation (WHO) analysis claiming that at least 200,000 malaria ...
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