25 percent of all drugs in developing countries are fake: WHO

Posted on April 27, 2008
Filed Under counterfeit and piracy |

Research conducted by the WHO found that 25 percent of all medicines in least developed countries are counterfeit.

Source: Julian Morris and Philip Stevens, ” Counterfeit medicines in less developed countries: Problems and solutions,”International Policy Network and the Campaign For Fighting Diseases, May 3, 2006,(accessed: January 8, 2007).

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