Buying counterfeit versions of drugs online
IPKat bericht: It seems obvious, really. If pharma companies are so concerned about people buying counterfeit versions of their drugs online, why don't they make it easier for these good and vulnerable folk to buy the genuine product directly from them? In this guest post, Miri Frankel reviews this line of thought in the light of a recent initiative aimed at just that purpose. Miri writes:
Pharmaceutical drug counterfeiting is big business. An estimate from the World Health Organization puts annual global sales of counterfeit or tainted pharmaceutical drug products at $430 billion. Pharmaceutical manufacturers and the Medical Product Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC) unit of INTERPOL have a tough time catching and prosecuting global drug counterfeiting rings, which have vast networks for online sales.
