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Chemistry World October 10, 2012 Maria Burke	Illegal medicines seized in worldwide operation During the nine-day operation, coordinated by INTERPOL and involving 100 countries, around 18,000 illegal online pharmacy websites were shut down and 79 people were arrested.
Chemistry World May 18, 2007 Hepeng Jia	China's Battle with Fake Drugs While China's pharmaceutical industry is experiencing rapid growth, a boom in counterfeit drugs is costing human lives and eroding the public's confidence in medical products.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: 'Bout Time The European Union has been late to enter the fight against counterfeiting. Fed up, Parliament has passed a proposal designed to give its countries the nudge they need.
AskMen.com	An Unambitious Crime Police in Alaska say lawbreakers must be really getting desperate because someone left 13 fake $1 bills in a bar's tip jar -- an unusually small denomination for the crime.
Chemistry World July 25, 2012	Drugs Top EU Counterfeit Imports In 2011, EU customs officers stopped 115 million products suspected of violating intellectual property rights. Medicines top the list, accounting for 24% of those items.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005	Uniting Business to Fight Fakes Vivendi's Jean-Rene Fourtou, former International Chamber of Commerce head, talks about a new coordinated counteroffensive against counterfeiting.
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Simeon Bennett	Pfizer: Civil Suits for Drug Counterfeiters Pfizer's new tactics against fake drug peddlers have allowed it to recoup more than $5 million. That's still a fraction of its lost sales.
Chemistry World January 29, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Tiny Magnets to Repel Drug Counterfeiters A large pharmaceutical packaging company is hoping that nanotech security tags devised by a small Singaporean firm will help it combat counterfeit drugs.
Chemistry World April 2007 Richard Barker	Comment: Pricing Pills An Office of Fair Trading report claims The UK's National Health Service is paying over the odds for its drugs, but this is not so. Medicine prices are 21% lower in real terms than ten years ago.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2014	Europe Gears Up to Attack Counterfeit Medicines -- But Only Some of Them Cross-sector partnership seeks support for a pan-European system to keep fake drugs out, but obstacles are many.
Chemistry World May 5, 2015 Anthony King	Merger creates biggest supplier of unlicensed drugs Specialty pharma company Clinigen is to buy its rival Idis, making it the market leader in ethical unlicensed drug supply.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2006 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Not So NICE A new manifesto by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry is designed to improve drug access in the UK, where industry has worried for years about poor uptake of new medicines.
Chemistry World November 28, 2008 Matt Wilkinson	EU claims pharma delaying tactics cost 3 billion euros Pharmaceutical manufacturers have been criticised by the EU competition commission for slowing the entry of generic medicines to the market.
Chemistry World July 10, 2012	Interview: EMA head Guido Rasi His five-year appointment comes during a period of dramatic change for the pharma industry, which is struggling with patent expirations for many of its biggest selling drugs and a paucity of new drugs coming through the pipeline to take their place.
Chemistry World January 6, 2014 Sarah Houlton	Weathering the storm Pharma is in the middle of a strategic crisis, if a report published at the start of 2013 by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants is to be believed.
Chemistry World October 21, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Counterfeit anxiety pills seized in Switzerland Swiss authorities have intercepted a large shipment of counterfeit tablets in transit between China and Egypt. The four crates contained over a million fake versions of Pfizer's Xanax (alprazolam) pills, which have now been destroyed.
Chemistry World June 18, 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya	Deal on NHS drugs set to trim pharma profits An agreement between the UK government and the pharmaceutical industry will cut around five per cent off the cost of medicines sold to the National Health Service
AskMen.com	Really Bad Bills Des Moines police said some counterfeit money showing up in the area isn't just bad -- it's really bad. More than $6,000 in fake cash has been seized so far.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2004 Brian Gorman	Pill-Popping Nation Americans are using more prescription drugs. Unfortunately for big pharma investors, pharmaceutical companies' benefits from these trends are tempered by other factors.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2005 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Still Waiting Pharma industry and traders both want a decision on parallel trade in Europe--but not the same one.
InternetNews February 29, 2008 Mike Elgan	How Fake is Your PC? You can never be certain that any PC you buy contains all-legitimate components. Minimize the risk by shopping for reliability, not just low price.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2008 Sarah Houlton	Jumping the Gun The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the British government have come up with a solution for price regulation that isn't as bad as the industry had feared.
Chemistry World March 17, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	UK to fast-track access to critical medicines Critically ill patients in the UK could receive new medicines before they are formally approved under a new scheme beginning in April.
InternetNews July 27, 2010	Oracle Debuts Drug-Tracking App for Big Pharma With its new Pedigree and Serialization Manager, Oracle is pitching an application to pharmaceutical companies that will enable them to track the movement of drugs across the supply chain.
Chemistry World June 23, 2010 Sarah Houlton	A smaller future for big pharma? Cutting the amount spent on medicines may be an easy way for governments to help balance the books in the short term, but in the long run it will impact the ability to discover new medicines.
Chemistry World October 1, 2012 Andrew Turley	Pharma should 'double output by 2022' The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology advises that pharmaceutical companies should set a goal of doubling output of 'innovative new medicines that meet critical public health needs' over the next 10 -- 15 years.
InternetNews December 31, 2008 Andy Patrizio	China Jails Multibillion-Dollar Piracy Ring And Microsoft understandably couldn't be happier.
InternetNews May 24, 2005 Roy Mark	House Closes Counterfeiting Loopholes The U.S. House voted to close two loopholes in federal law that allow counterfeiters to avoid prosecution and profit from illegal activities.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2004 Brian Gorman	Which Medications Are Your Best Bets? Consumer Reports' effort to rate drugs offers a marketing lesson to pharmaceutical companies.
Chemistry World January 15, 2008 Hepeng Jia	Huge Project to Boost Chinese Drug Development The Chinese government has agreed a multi-billion drug development funding program to boost innovation in its generics-dominated pharmaceutical sector.
American Family Physician December 15, 2004	Rebound Headaches An informative brochure on triggers for chronic headaches and treatment options.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Iron Fist The United Kingdom is hardening its stance on pharma industry issues.
Chemistry World October 23, 2009 Matt Wilkinson	What's in a pill? Buying cheap drugs over the internet is well known to be a risky business. But the sinister menace of the 'falsified' active pharmaceutical ingredient gets far less publicity.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Portable detector shines light on fake drugs The CD-3 counterfeit detection device uses a variety of different wavelengths of light to visually compare tablets, capsules and their packaging with genuine reference samples.
InternetNews December 14, 2010	White House Goes to War on Fake Online Drugs Obama administration officials announce nonprofit organization devoted to combating the trafficking of fake online goods, which they say pose both health hazards and economic threats.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler	Seeking Supply Chain Security FDA wants pharma leaders to do more to ensure drug quality at home and abroad.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Brian Gorman	Novartis Embraces Generics The company is taking a different path from its branded pharmaceutical peers. The company's strategy may make its stock worth a closer look.
American Family Physician March 1, 2004	Chronic Pain Medicines Description of the different types of pain medicines for chronic pain.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Frederik Balfour	Fakes! The global counterfeit business is out of control, targeting everything from computer chips to life-saving medicines. Pick any product from any well-known brand, and chances are there's a counterfeit version of it out there. It's so bad that even China may need to crack down.
American Family Physician December 15, 2006	Tips for Using Medicines Wisely A patient guide and suggestions for safe medicine use.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 Brian Gorman	Canadian Drug Sales Might End Drug makers may not have to worry about cheap pills flooding into the U.S. from across the border, at least for now, offering a small consolation to investors.
Chemistry World June 26, 2012 Sarah Houlton	Roche rapped for side-effect reporting failure Roche has been rapped by the European Medicines Agency for failing to report a large number of potential drug side-effects. The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency identified deficiencies in the company's medicine safety reporting system.
Chemistry World June 2007 Derek Lowe	Opinion: In the Pipeline A medicinal chemist experienced in pre-clinical drug discovery sets the record straight about pharmaceutical patents on traditional medicines.
Chemistry World October 29, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Forging Ahead of the Counterfeiters Scientists have demonstrated a suite of analytical techniques that can be used to distinguish genuine from fake antimalaria tablets. The problem of counterfeit drugs is growing in many parts of the world, posing a serious health risk.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Brian Gorman	Saying No to Drugs Britain's policy of restricting drug access based on cost-benefit analyses should be on the radar screen of pharmaceutical investors.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Supply Chain Management: Foiling Fakes Counterfeit products are depriving manufacturers of revenue, harming brand integrity and in some cases, compromising safety. Manufacturers are fighting to keep phony goods out of their supply chains.
American Family Physician January 1, 2006	Medicines to Prevent Migraine Headaches A patient hand-out on the painful condition, its causes, treatment options and prevention recommendations.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Parker & Amar	Building Blockbusters The most lucrative new drugs are often less glamorous than first-in-class new molecular entities. And they are much less risky.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2012 Feam & Lagus	Providing Access Now While regulatory frameworks and medical practices differ between countries, many patients still need early access to new drugs. Industry can help.