FDA On Drug Counterfeiting

In this American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) article, Drug Counterfeiting Burden Remains a Guess, Experts Say, the Director of Pharmacy Affairs in FDA's Office of the Commissioner says, "We have no idea what the prevalence of counterfeiting is in the United States." Here's what I get out of this article, counterfeiters have been assisted by the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry and a shift to making both active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished products outside of the developed world. 

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Counterfeiters Can Get Life In Jail

Big Pharma has been calling for the passage of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007 (PRO IP) which strengthens the US court’s power to punish those convicted of counterfeiting. Well, President George W Bush just signed the bill, so now counterfeiters can be sentenced to life imprisonment if their crime causes the death of an individual. For more information, read this InPharmaTechnologist news article, "Counterfeiters can get life in jail under new US Act."

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