US STATE DEPARTMENT INTENSIFIED DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS AGAINST FAKE MEDICINE TRADE
December 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AMERICA'S State Department has outlined a range of measures it is taking overseas to fight the trade in counterfeit medicines. Its undersecretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment Robert D Hormats told a Washington, DC global forum on pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting and diversion: "Broadcasting the dangers of counterfeit and substandard medicines and is critical to safeguarding pharmaceutical supply chains in the United States and other pharmaceutical supplier and consumer countries." Indeed, he said 80% of ...
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