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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.   |
Chemistry World
March 18, 2013
Andrew Turley |
Interpol teams up with pharma International police service Interpol is teaming up with 29 drug companies to combat the trade in fake medicines. |
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
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. |
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. |
Chemistry World
July 29, 2013
Hepeng Jia |
China corruption investigation broadens Investigations of corrupt practices at GlaxoSmithKline in China are continuing. But analysts claim that the scandal is an attempt to remodel the Chinese drugs market, rather than a deliberate attack on international companies. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2008
Patrick Clinton |
Attack of the Junk The United States makes the best medicines in the world. In days to come, that could be a problem. |
Chemistry World
October 11, 2007
Hepeng Jia |
China's Drug Industry Set to Take Off Producing cheap drugs for the developing world could allow Chinese pharmaceutical firms to capture a bigger share of the international market, industry experts suggest. |
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. |
Chemistry World
May 14, 2014
Phillip Broadwith |
Chinese police hand GSK bribery case to prosecutors The Chinese state news agency Xinhua has released details of the police investigation, claiming that 46 suspects are involved including Mark Reilly, former manager of GSK China. |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
GSK under investigation over corruption in China Chinese police are investigating GlaxoSmithKline over claims of bribery and tax-related crimes. |
InternetNews
December 31, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
China Jails Multibillion-Dollar Piracy Ring And Microsoft understandably couldn't be happier. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
March 23, 2010 |
Chinese Official Says Google 'Totally Wrong' A Chinese official speaking to state-run news service blasts Google's plan to offer an unfiltered Web to mainland residents by redirecting traffic to its Hong Kong search engine. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Sanofi's Balancing Act A broad portfolio of drugs helps the French pharmaceutical stay ahead of its peers. It's a good option for investors who want a strong growth stock in the pharmaceutical space but don't want to take on the risks of turnarounds or litigation. |
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. |
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 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
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 14, 2008
Todd Wenning |
Time for a Rebound in China With China shares down big this year, now's the time to consider investing. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Drugmaker Growth: The China Connection Just like other industries, the pharmaceutical industry has realized that China is a good place to find cheap labor. While reluctant to set up FDA-regulated manufacturing plants in China, other stages of drug development can be done there. |
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 |
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
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
August 10, 2007
Hepeng Jia |
China Invests More Than $1 Billion in Drug Safety In a bid to improve its food and drug safety, China has announced it will invest 8.8 billion yuan (US$1.16 billion) in the coming four years to improve its food and drug inspection and monitoring infrastructure. |
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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. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch
May 4, 2011
Andy Atkins-Kruger |
Should Google Escape the Death Spiral in China by 'Losing Face'? Weighing which of four paths Google should take when it comes to China: promote within China but remain in Hong Kong; do something completely different; re-enter China; or do nothing. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Google Blew Its Chances in China After thumbing its nose at Chinese censorship this winter, Google is now at risk to lose its online business license in China outright. |
Chemistry World
July 11, 2012
Ling Wang |
China Targets Patented Drugs with Law Change China has altered its licensing laws to allow domestic pharmaceutical companies to make cheap generic copies of patented drugs under certain circumstances. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2010 |
Google Shines a Light on China's Record So many vendors were anxious to get a piece of the Chinese market. Google is making some people wonder if it's worth it. |
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. |
Reason
February 2008
Kerry Howley |
Artifact: The Counterfeit Olympics Beijing authorities have taken an interest in the legal integrity of the Olympics 2008 logo, which they own. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
July 9, 2010 |
China Renews Google's Web License Following six-month standoff between Google and Chinese government over online censorship, authorities renew company's operating license. |
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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
November 16, 2009
Hepeng Jia |
Chinese NASDAQ brings little to chemicals industry Similar to the US NASDAQ, most of the listed firms in the Chinese GEM are technology-oriented companies. Classified by industry, electronics and pharmaceutical manufacturers are the biggest groups |
InternetNews
March 24, 2010 |
If China Blocks Google's Redirect, What's Next? Most observers expect China to block Google's redirect of its mainland search engine to Hong Kong. If that happens, where does that leave the search giant in terms of Android and its other business interests there? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
China Bums a Smoke From Altria A licensing deal with China's state-run tobacco company gives Altria another global toehold. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
Bruce Einhorn |
Go East, Big Pharma Drugmakers are expanding in China, but patents are still a worry. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2011
Sean Williams |
China Clamps Down on Drug Manufacturers These drug manufacturers could be feeling a pinch from new Chinese price caps. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Glaxo Follows the Biotechs The company's new focus on cancer drugs looks like a good move. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2008
Brian Lawler |
Medicines Company Sets Itself Apart Drugmaker Medicines Company wants to distance its angioplasty treatment from heparin. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 18, 2008 |
Microsoft Accused of Patent Violation in China A small Chinese high-tech firm is suing Microsoft because it says the software giant stole technology that allows Internet users to type Chinese characters. Microsoft countered the claim on Friday. |
