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    "Only switch medications under the supervision of a doctor or pharmacist” --Mr. Bejon Misra (Founder, PSM India) FDA Calls for Halt to Unapproved Drugs Containing Oxycodone
(Article contributed by Mrs. Latha Bangera , Deputy Manager, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Hyderabad) 
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Federal Register notice to halt the manufacture and distribution of unapproved single-ingredient immediate-release drugs that contain oxycodone.  10-11th Sep'12, New Delhi International workshop on Patient Safety and Drug Detection
28th Sep'12 Partnership For Safe Medicines Interchange 2012
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 APDCA seizes substandard Cofcin syrup worth Rs.6.5 lakhs from Gaba Pharma in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD : In another case of seizer of substandard drugs in Andhra Pradesh, the state drug control authorities (APDCA) have recently seized Cofcin (Chlorpheniramine Oral Solution BP) Syrup worth Rs.6.5 lakhs from Gaba Pharmaceuticals Private Limited in Hyderabad. Over the past few days, the APDCA has been actively working in pinning down the defaulting pharmaceutical units in the state.  Real or fake? Just dial an Interpol registry to find out
MUMBAI: No matter where you are in the world, you may soon be able to check if the medicine you just bought is a fake or genuine. An Interpol Global Register (IGR) has been created to allow consumers check the authenticity of certain medicines using their unique security features. First off the block on the initiative is PharmaSecure, a drug authentication technology company that has security coded more than one million packets of medicines produced every day in India.
 Online Pharmacies Implicated In Counterfeit Drug Case Spanning Europe
The MHRA has announced that three men have been sentenced to 89 weeks imprisonment for laundering $400,000 generated by a fake online pharmacy selling counterfeit medicines.  Unique ID for medicine strips
AHMEDABAD: Prescription drugs will soon need to carry an authorised number that can authenticate the product in the Indian market where 20% medicines are fake. A unique ID along with a bar-code will be printed on the medicine strips. A task force on spurious medicines headed by the Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration has suggested that drug companies must print the number to help users cross-check through an SMS. WTO for cheaper drugs in developing countries
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