The number of counterfeit f pharmaceuticals that are produced rise especially in China, India and Russia. The counterfeit activities cause damage to pharmaceutical manufacturers’ reputations and after years of research a part of the potential profits of legitimate pharmaceutical manufacturers disappears because of the sales of the counterfeit products. Counterfeit activities happens most in countries where anti-counterfeiting laws are weak and where they do not dispose of resources to identify the criminal activity. The World health organization estimates for countries with emerging economies, that about 25% of total pharmaceuticals sales are counterfeit. But It’s not easy to predict. If they look to the number of incidents that were detected they determine an increase from 200 in 2002 to 2000 in 2009.
In my opinion counterfeit pharmaceuticals are very dangereous for the health of the people in a society. Because almost all the people trust the pharmaceuticals that they swallow for it’s difficult to see the difference between the real and the fake pharmaceutical.
Kristof Buffel
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