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News about counterfeit medicines
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15 March 2012
Reply to US media concerning Caremed ApS and the Avastin case
A number of US media have contacted the Danish National Board of Health with questions about the Danish company Caremed ApS in connection with the case of counterfeit 400 mg Avastin that was found on the US market.
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17 February 2012
Counterfeit Avastin is not distributed in Denmark
On Tuesday 14 February, the FDA warned against using Avastin 25 mg/ml. The counterfeit Avastin is not distributed in Denmark.
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30 September 2011
Global operation strikes at online sale of illegal and counterfeit medicines - "Operation PANGEA IV"
In the past week, more than 165 regulatory authorities from 81 countries took part in "Operation PANGEA IV", a global action against online trading of counterfeit and illegal drugs. The operation sets out to raise awareness about the risks associated with buying medicines on the internet and through joint efforts to bring these offences to justice.
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21 December 2010
The Danish Medicines Agency warns against illegal version of Pregnyl
The pharmaceutical company Missionpharma A/S has alerted the Danish Medicines Agency that an illegal version of the medicine Pregnyl is in circulation.
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14 October 2010
Global operation targeting illegal and counterfeit medicines
More than 40 countries have taken part in an international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illegal medicines to raise awareness of the associated health risks, resulting in arrests across the globe and the seizure of thousands of potentially harmful medicines.
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27 January 2010
Updated warning against counterfeit Alli® from the USA
In continuation of the Danish Medicines Agency's warning on 19 January 2010 against counterfeit versions of the weight-loss product Alli®, the Danish Medicines Agency would like to bring attention to the latest information on the counterfeit product.
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19 January 2010
Warning against counterfeit Alli® from the USA
The Danish Medicines Agency warns any consumers who have purchased the weight-loss product Alli® via American websites of the risk that the product may be counterfeit, and that the counterfeit version contains an active substance not listed on the package.
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01 October 2009
Warning: Counterfeit Viagra® sold on Danish website
The Danish Medicines Agency strongly warns against buying Viagra® on the Danish-language website www.6medicin.com/www.6medicin.dk. Analyses carried out by Pfizer (which manufactures genuine Viagra®) have proven that the Viagra® packages sold on www.6medicin.com/www.6medicin.dk are counterfeit. They are not manufactured by Pfizer.
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28 April 2009
Tamiflu®: Beware of counterfeits!
As early as Saturdag, the first spam e-mails offering Tamiflu® were circulated, only shortly after the first reports on swine influenza in Mexico had reached the media.
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30 April 2008
Warning: Counterfeit packages of Cipralex® found in Pakistan
The Danish Medicines Agency has been made aware that the counterfeit Cipralex® packages have been found in pharmacies in Pakistan. The counterfeit version of Cipralex®, 10mg, pack size 14 tablets, looks like the original packages, yet there are certain differences between the counterfeit and original version.
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21 August 2007
Major increase in medicinal products seized by customs
The volume of counterfeit medicinal products seized by EU customs controls has increased dramatically in 2006 according to a report from the European Commission.
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06 June 2007
Counterfeit versions of the medicinal product Zyprexa® found in Great Britain
The British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)today issued a drug alert in response to finding of counterfeit versions of the medicinal product Zyprexa® (olanzapine) 10mg tablets in the UK supply chain.
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06 June 2007
Counterfeit versions of the medicinal products Plavix® and Casodex@ found in Great Britain
The British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued drug alerts in response to findings of counterfeit versions of the medicinal products Plavix® (clopidogrel) 75 mg tablets and Casodex® (bicalutamide) in the UK supply chain.
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20 April 2007
Warning: Counterfeit versions of the medicinal product Tertensif® found in Bulgaria
Counterfeit versions of the medicinal product Tertensif® (indapamide) 1.5 mg enteric-coated tablets have been found at pharmacies and distributors on the Bulgarian market.
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02 April 2007
Warning: Counterfeit Xenical® sold via the internet
On the website www.europharmacies.com, a Norwegian consumer has ordered the prescription-only medicinal product Xenical® (orlistat). A subsequent analysis has shown that the product is a counterfeit version of the original medicinal product Xenical®.
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26 March 2007
Warning: Counterfeit Cipralex® found in Egypt
Counterfeit versions of the medicinal product Cipralex® (Escitalopram) 10 mg tablets, 28 pieces in blister packs have been found at a pharmacy in Egypt.
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21 April 2006
Warning: Illegal copy of the medicinal product Cialis® sold on the internet
An illegal copy of the medicinal product Cialis® is sold on several websites under the name 'Sialis'. The illegal copy is either sold as 'Sialis' or as 'generic Cialis'
