VietNamNet Bridge – According to Interpol data, Vietnam ranks second in Southeast Asia in the quantity of counterfeit medicine in circulation, said an inspector of the HCM City Department of Health.
Speaking at a workshop on fake medicine in HCM City Saturday, the inspector, Tran Thi Thanh Loan, said according to Interpol, Lao has the largest quantity of counterfeit drugs in circulation, followed by Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), fake drugs account for 7-15% of the total quantity of medicines circulated in the market in developed countries and the percentage is 25% in developing ones.
“Interpol said that the rate of fake medicine in Vietnam has decreased recently but it is more difficult to detect fake drugs here because they are being produced with advanced technologies so they look exactly like the genuine products. These medicines are also being imported into Vietnam,” Loan said.
Fake medicines discovered in Vietnam are mainly antibiotics (Ampicilline, Amoxicillin, Chloramphenicol 250mg, Erythromycin 250mg, Teracyclin) and medicines to treat sexual dysfunction (Viagra, Cialis, etc.) Oriental medicines are also being replicated and most of them are imported from China across the border.
In the first half of 2008, the HCM City Department of Health licenced more than 5,800 medicine-related businesses, including: 388 drug trading companies, 84 drug wholesale units, 3,356 drugstores, 460 drug agents of pharmaceutical companies, over 300 oriental medicine stores, and 105 pharmaceutical material trading firms. Meanwhile, the Department’s Inspectorate has only four university-level pharmacists and only 12 of 24 districts in the city have pharmaceutical inspectors who are pharmacists of university level.
“Looking at the cases uncovered by the city’s Health Department, people don’t need to worry because the volume of fake medicine is not high. However, one of the reasons for this situation is the department lacks personnel and conditions to discover more fake drugs,” said Dr. Pham Khanh Phong Lan, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Health.
Experts said standardising drugstores under the Good Pharmacy Practices (GPP) standards can help control the spread of counterfeit drugs.
HCM City has 63 drugstores satisfying GPP, including 19 in hospitals. Dr. Phong Lan confirmed up to 95-97% of drugstores of hospitals are selling medicines of clear origin.
Speaking at a workshop on fake medicine in HCM City Saturday, the inspector, Tran Thi Thanh Loan, said according to Interpol, Lao has the largest quantity of counterfeit drugs in circulation, followed by Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), fake drugs account for 7-15% of the total quantity of medicines circulated in the market in developed countries and the percentage is 25% in developing ones.
“Interpol said that the rate of fake medicine in Vietnam has decreased recently but it is more difficult to detect fake drugs here because they are being produced with advanced technologies so they look exactly like the genuine products. These medicines are also being imported into Vietnam,” Loan said.
Fake medicines discovered in Vietnam are mainly antibiotics (Ampicilline, Amoxicillin, Chloramphenicol 250mg, Erythromycin 250mg, Teracyclin) and medicines to treat sexual dysfunction (Viagra, Cialis, etc.) Oriental medicines are also being replicated and most of them are imported from China across the border.
In the first half of 2008, the HCM City Department of Health licenced more than 5,800 medicine-related businesses, including: 388 drug trading companies, 84 drug wholesale units, 3,356 drugstores, 460 drug agents of pharmaceutical companies, over 300 oriental medicine stores, and 105 pharmaceutical material trading firms. Meanwhile, the Department’s Inspectorate has only four university-level pharmacists and only 12 of 24 districts in the city have pharmaceutical inspectors who are pharmacists of university level.
“Looking at the cases uncovered by the city’s Health Department, people don’t need to worry because the volume of fake medicine is not high. However, one of the reasons for this situation is the department lacks personnel and conditions to discover more fake drugs,” said Dr. Pham Khanh Phong Lan, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Health.
Experts said standardising drugstores under the Good Pharmacy Practices (GPP) standards can help control the spread of counterfeit drugs.
HCM City has 63 drugstores satisfying GPP, including 19 in hospitals. Dr. Phong Lan confirmed up to 95-97% of drugstores of hospitals are selling medicines of clear origin.
11 comments:
I am sure ah Kwack country is the first one before the motherfucker master!
What we know in Assia Vietname is faked for every thing! The fucking lier and evil of the world!
where lAOs was an angel before the evil Viet controle her!
you think Cambodian are the best? how about corruption, gang, rape, human trafficking, prostitution, too much to name!!! and you're gonna blame Vietnam for that fuck you you low people who only know to blame their internal problems to others!!!
You don't have any of these problem in vietcongland, low tepwong?
I heard that they kill HIV Viet by injection in Vietminland. That's nice way to keep the HIV population low.
Khmer people you should avoid product from the Vietnam, the majority of them are counterfeit and dangerous to your health. Go for Korean, Japanese, Malaysian products.
Thank to this article I will stop giving Viet product to my dog, I don't want to loose my dog.
Hey Viet dog eaters,Did KIMedia invite you to post any Viet's comment hell no not at all,this KIMedia the leading news for exclusive for Cambodian only,the dog eaters are not welcome.
we are dog eaters, you are human eaters
Better than you pimpe your own mother ah Ho Chomin goat face!
And Ah Ho Chiminh you the infection of any thing bad in Assia and any where you go!
you think we are the lowest asians? then asia thinks you are the lowest asians
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