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. 2010 Apr;88(4):247-8.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.020410.

Growing threat from counterfeit medicines

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Growing threat from counterfeit medicines

No authors listed. Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

Lifesaving drugs are not exempt from the trade in counterfeit medicines. The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Interpol to dislodge the criminal networks raking in billions of dollars from this cynical trade.

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More than 260 premises were visited during IMPACT’s Operation Zambezi in November 2009.
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