Read about the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) efforts to track fake medicine and other illegal activity in West Africa an Asia.

Tagging bottles of pills w/ tiny transmitters may help keep counterfeits out of the drug supply, but until that or other technology arrives, patients must watch for fake medicines, a FDA official said

New research highlights the risk men are taking by purchasing fake medicines. The Cracking Counterfeit report reveals 1 in 10 men interviewed purchase prescription medicines without a prescription.

New technologies can help African countries identify counterfeit, substandard or fake medicines, says director of Africa Fighting Malaria Roger Bate.

The European Union must put tougher measures in place to stamp out the growing problem of trading in fake medicines, a report warns.

China has promised to pursue product pirates identified by U.S. authorities in a new effort to stamp out its fake medicine problem.

Watch this video about fake medicine in Indian markets.

China s State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM) blacklisted 74 websites for selling fake Chinese herbal medicine.

Read about a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which highlights that West Africa has "increasingly become the target of a range of counterfeit medicines."

Counterfeit medicines are part of the broader phenomenon of substandard pharmaceuticals - medicines manufactured below established standards of quality and therefore dangerous to patients.

Counterfeit medicines are a major threat to public health and safety. Counterfeiting methods become more sophisticated the risk that counterfeit medicines enter the EU through illegal means increases.

EFPIA, voice of the pharmaceutical industry in Europe, of which the IPHA is a member, announced an important step in the industry's efforts to protect Europe's citizens against counterfeit medicines.

Patna police seized equipment and chemicals meant for manufacturing medicines, besides "fake medicines" after raiding a house in Rampur Nahar locality under the Sultanganj police station.

Counterfeit medicines pose serious public health risks and negatively affect treatment outcomes of patients who are inadvertently administered counterfeit products

Nurses worldwide are using the occasion of International Nurses Day to draw attention to the dramatic increase of counterfeit medicines in today's global market.

Counterfeit medicines are any brand (or generic) medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that are deliberately and fraudulently mislabeled by unauthorized parties.

Read the International Council of Nurses Position Statement on counterfeit medicines.

This website tells you more about counterfeit medicines: the facts, what to do and how to buy medicines safely.

The multi-billion-pound global trade in counterfeit medicines is responsible for an estimated half a million deaths a year. As Europe becomes an ever-more lucrative target for counterfeiters.

Answers to many commonly asked questions about pharmaceutical and counterfeit medicines.

Trade in counterfeit medicines is widespread and affects both developing and developed countries. All medicines are subject to counterfeiting, both branded and generic.

How counterfeit medicines can affect patients' health in Europe.

This article discuss Counterfeit Medicines problem in the world. An analysis conducted by International Medical Product Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) was discussed.

The biggest seizure ever of counterfeit medical pills in Europe occured in Belgium on Oct. 2. Customs authorities at the Brussels airport have seized over two million fake medical pills from India.

Liang addresses a measure that recently passed through the house that legalizes the importation of prescription drugs. Consumers should be aware that many of these prescription drugs may be fake pills

A B.C. woman is fatally poisoned by counterfeit anxiety pills she ordered over the Internet, four Ontario patients die after apparently consuming fake heart drugs

Most counterfeits damage only the manufacturers whose designs are being copied but fake pharmaceutical pills can kill.

French customs officials have intercepted a shipment of 224,000 fake Viagra and Cialis anti-impotence pills worth 2.4 million euros ($3.5 million), the Budget Ministry said.

Read how 30,000 packs of packs of fake pills of life-saving drugs may have been consumed by British patients, including drugs used to treat prostate cancer, strokes and heart conditions.