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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9427
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health

Counterfeiting threatens patient security and credibility of medicines - industry calling on Europe to fight this scourge

Brussels, 15/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - The huge rise in the counterfeiting of medicines is worrying. It has already led to countless victims in developing countries. False medicines are beginning to reach Europe. In the long term, the credibility of medicines is under threat. The pharmaceutical industry cannot afford to lose the trust of its patients.

The first meetings of MEPs on medicines, entitled “Putting a Stop to the Counterfeiting of Medicines”, and chaired by Françoise...

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