List of 33 fake medicines released to the public
- Source: Global Times
- [18:10 August 18 2010]
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By Zheng Yi
The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) disclosed on August 17 that 33 sorts of fake medicines are circulating in the country and urged all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities as well as their correspondent related organs to reinforce the supervision and examination in local pharmacies and medical institutions.
The SFDA announced that some medicines were reported by the public as fake. After a thorough investigation, it (SFDA) Tuesday published a list containing the names of 33 fake medicines, among which most of the products assured the cure of certain difficult and complicated diseases and chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and psoriasis. The medicines in question were all in the form of products from famous medical authorities, but none of them was legally registered.
Tongrentang (TRT), a prestigious pharmacy in Beijing, found that two kinds of medicines with the names “TRT eye clearance” and “TRT ear gold” were both fake .
“Some customers once came to our store to buy these two kinds of medicines, but I had never heard of them before, which confused me. Later, I found out they were fake,” an anonymous worker in Xuanwu district’s TRT told the Global Times today. “All the medicines sold in our store have to be registered and approved by the SFDA,” She added.
The SFDA also suggested consumers go to regular pharmacies to buy medicines.
Lu Hua, a pharmacist in Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital told the Global Times that there is usually no production date, production batch number, or manufacturer on the package of fake medicines.
The colors, shapes and qualities of fake medicines were also quite different from authentic ones, she added.
“I suggest the customers open the bottles to check the medicines immediately after they buy them. Besides, I think patients had better buy medicines at hospitals, because some informal pharmacies would like to sell fake medicines to more earn money,” Lu said.
