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India plans on building text message-based medicine identification system
Initially, the government plans to build a data bank of 300 medicine brands and customers’ c…
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How fake drugs are made for movies
Fake drugs in movies have to look accurate and be safe to ingest, leading many of these props to be…
Carter Thallon,Kyle Desiderio
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5 startups have a brilliant plan to tackle the deadly multibillion-dollar fake drug scourge
Counterfeit drugs usually don't make their way to patients in the US and Europe because regulators …
Lydia Ramsey
How fake drugs are made for movies
Not only do fake drugs in movies have to look accurate and be safe to ingest, they also need to act…
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Beware of cheap cancer drugs, they could be fakes from Bangladesh
The exorbitant price of cancer drugs has turned India into a thriving market for spurious drugs. Th…
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Eminem may have announced his new album with an elaborate ad for a fake prescription drug
The medication supposedly treats "Atrox Rithimus," a non-existent condition, and its side effects, …
John Lynch
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Anti-counterfeit medicine app designed by Indian students wins Microsoft's Imagine Cup
Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) the app is able to analyse the design details of the…
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They thought they were taking Ozempic — until they were hospitalized with seizures. Turns out, it was fake, authorities say.
The patients were suffering from seizures and low blood sugar, an indication their pens may have ha…
Hilary Brueck
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Alleged smugglers got caught trying to hide cocaine in fake bananas
Two recent incidents - the bust of 5,677 pounds of cocaine and the arrest of six people in Spain in…
Christopher Woody
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A Rogue Chemist Faked Drug Tests, And Now Tens Of Thousands Of Drug Conviction Are In Limbo
"I can't imagine she could have been this corrupt without someone noticing," Attorney Rosemary…
Reuters,Michael B Kelley
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Amazon, Flipkart asked to pull fake beauty products from websites in India: Report
In the last three years, online retailers Snapdeal and Shopclues have also faced similar issue…
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Bebe Rexha slammed a Twitter hoax claiming she died of a drug overdose
One tweet falsely claimed CNN had "confirmed" the singer's death and that her family had already re…
Callie Ahlgrim
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A deadly drug epidemic sweeping the US has caused ER visits for overdoses to jump 30% - here's how worried you should be
In a comprehensive, well-designed study published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical …
Erin Brodwin
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Shy Guys Can Now Buy Viagra Directly From Its Website
Viagra is one of the most counterfeited drugs in the world, and Pfizer has poured billions of dolla…
Mandi Woodruff
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Over 100 People In Two Texas Cities Overdosed On Fake Weed In 5 Days
"People will steal that branding all day long," the Florida native said. "I could have five differe…
Michael Kelley
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India looks to counter the epidemic of fake drugs through regulation of online pharmacies
The sunshine segment currently consists of around 282 e-pharmacies in India. The big names inclu…
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Ozempic prices are soaring online in China thanks to unofficial price gouging, with medics scrambling to keep up with demand, reports say
People in China are scrambling to get hold of semaglutide for weight loss, pushing up prices and ca…
Mia Jankowicz
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The US Surgeon General has issued a rare health advisory telling Americans to carry a lifesaving overdose medication - here's how to use it
Former New York City paramedic Alex Pollack can't wipe the vision from his memory: A young woman at…