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Drug Counterfeiting Worsening Globally, Study Says

Keywords: counterfeit drugs, pharmaceutical processing, pharmaceutical engineering and pharmaceutical manufacturing

This article from PLoS Medicine (April 2005) notes that up to 15% of all sold drugs are fake. The authors suggest that the reluctance of drug companies and governments to publicize this problem, and the subsequent lack of public health warnings, is harming patients and the long-term interests of the legitimate pharmaceutical industry.