By Roger Bate
Counterfeit prescribed drugs kill thousands of individuals each year. even though such a lot pervasive in terrible nations, counterfeit drug trafficking is a being concerned new phenomenon within the constructed global. Payoffs for counterfeiters are high--the international industry quantities to billions of greenbacks according to year--and capability punishment is moderate in comparison to the stern consequences dealing with narcotics buyers. From web pharmacies frequented by way of American shoppers to the again streets of recent Delhi, counterfeit drug trafficking is a fancy, lethal, and more and more profitable that's changing into an enticing area for equipped crime. during this groundbreaking examine, Roger Bate lines pharmaceutical counterfeiting all over the world, from constructed international locations, the place counterfeits frequently goal "lifestyle" medications similar to Viagra, to constructing international locations, the place counterfeiters prefer healing medications reminiscent of antimalarials and antibiotics. Enforcement in constructing countries is hampered through insufficient schooling, feeble legislation, and gradual policing of present legislation. the us is suffering to thwart an insidious net industry. creating a Killing: The lethal Implications of the Counterfeit Drug alternate champions better cooperation among filthy rich and terrible international locations to quash the exchange in counterfeit prescription drugs. Bate demands fortified policing assets, harsher consequences for counterfeiters, frequent public schooling, and common-sense client vigilance in contrast probability. Western policymakers needs to act instantly to quell the lethal counterfeit industry in constructing countries--and to make sure the integrity in their items at domestic.
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According to a 2006 Opinion Research Corporation poll commissioned by the National Consumers League, 37 percent of Americans incorrectly HOW AND WHY DOES COUNTERFEITING OCCUR? S. asp (accessed March 20, 2008). NOTE: This diagram depicts the complexity of the drug supply chain and the number of times a single drug can change hands as it travels from the manufacturer to the customer. S. supply chain and make their way to American consumers. 24 There is even more complexity in the European Union, which operates a system called parallel trading under which it is legal to buy drugs cheaply in one part of Europe and sell them at a higher price in another part.
46 In addition, legitimate drugs are being stolen and their expiration dates extended so they can be reintroduced into the regular supply chain at a later date. The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Public Health reported in 2005 that about half of all pharmacies in that country were operating illegally, and 10 percent of medicines COUNTERFEITING TODAY 21 imported were fake. 47 In March of the same year, investigators discovered an international network manufacturing fake tablets of Lipitor in Costa Rica for shipment to the United States, where they would have sold for some $8 million.
49 Counterfeits produced on the side are then channeled to Russia’s domestic market and, occasionally, to Europe and the United States. Counterfeit-drug production is worth an estimated $300 million per year in Russia, and although the government claims counterfeiting is decreasing,50 it admits that up to 10 percent of medicines are still faked. 52 A decade ago, many fakes in Russia were produced in basements and backrooms, but most now come from the night shift at legitimate pharmaceutical companies.