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• Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies February 22, 2012
  Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million... […]
• Prescribing Errors By GPs Reduced By Up To 50 Percent By In-House Pharmacists February 21, 2012
  Medication errors are common in primary care but the number of mistakes could be reduced significantly if GPs introduced an in-house pharmacist-led intervention scheme. These are the findings of a comprehensive study into sustainable ways of preventing patients from being harmed as a result of prescribing errors... […]
• Fake Avastin (Bevacizumab) Found In USA February 15, 2012
  Fake cancer drug, Avastin (bevacizumab) has been distributed in the USA, according to statement issued by Roche, Genentech and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) today. Roche warns that the counterfeit medication does not have the active ingredient - bevacizumab - and should not be used or taken. Roche says it was told about the fake Avastin from a non-U […]
• Childhood Leukemia Drug, Methotrexate, In Short Supply February 12, 2012
  Methotrexate, a drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood leukemia, is now also in short supply in the USA, along with several other lifesaving drugs. According to the FDA, vital lifesaving hospital drugs have not been so scarce in ten years. Methotrexate works by slowing down the rate at which cancer cells grow... […]