Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Many 'Canadian' Drugs Originate Elsewhere, FDA Operation Finds

An FDA operation has found that 85 percent of imported drugs intercepted recently from four countries that were promoted as coming from Canadian pharmacies actually were manufactured in 27 different countries. FDA says the operation underscores its warnings that some Web sites for so-called "Canadian" pharmacies may sell counterfeit products or ones that are not safe and effective.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2005/NEW01277.html