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China’s Killer Headache: Fake Pharmaceuticals

September 5, 2002 Comments Off Posted in: General Biotechnology

China’s Killer Headache: Fake Pharmaceuticals An estimated 192,000 people died last year in China because of fake drugs, according to the Shenzhen Evening News, a government-controlled newspaper. Some die from toxins in counterfeit medicines, and others from infection because they are swallowing bogus pills instead of antibiotics

Looking beyond Patent Expiry

August 26, 2002 Comments Off Posted in: General Biotechnology

Looking beyond Patent Expiry The problem of patent protection loss and associated revenue loss will continue to trouble major companies, with estimated revenue losses of US$2.2 billion in 2004 from patent expiries on 18 drugs, increasing to an estimated US$5.3 billion in 2005.