Friday, January 28, 2011

Cambodia making progress in war against fake medicines

27-Jan-2011
Staff reporter
Securing Pharma

Cambodia's pharmaceutical market has long been undermined by rampant medicine counterfeiting, but a recent effort by the government to stamp out illegal pharmacies is having a positive impact, according to Business Monitor International.

Along with fake medicines, corruption and political stagnation pegged the country's drug market down to a tiny $170m in 2009. However, over the last couple of years around 65 per cent of the country's illegal pharmacies have been shut down, says BMI in its latest report on the country's drug market.

The report also cites an October 2010 medicine sampling study which found only 3 per cent of medicines sold in urban and rural pharmacies were fake, although up to 9 per cent failed quality testing (see also Cambodian study finds 3 per cent of medicines are counterfeit).

While BMI believes pharmaceutical market growth could top 10 per cent over the next five years, those forecasts carry quite a lot of risk from "the lack of political and social stability, especially in the face of widespread corruption and - more recently - violations of land rights by government officials."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Dr. Hun Sen and Ten Thousands stars Dr. Hun Manet,

Why do you and your relatives give Kos Trol, sea and lands to Vietnam? Why? and Why?

Why do you and all of your relatives involve alot of murder cases in Cambodia? Why? Why?

Why do you murder cambodian K5,1997events and so on and so on with lost count? Why?

If you are so good why do you and your families murder cambodians? Why? and Why?

If you are so good why do about 90%cambodians are so poor but you and your relatives are billionair and millinor? Why? Why?

Why do you try to kill people from telling the true? Why? Why?

What is the difference from Khmer Rough and you, Sir?

If you are so good Why do you block KI from cambodians?

If you are so good why more than 6 millions vietnameses are living permantly in cambodia, right now? Why, Dr. Hen Sen? and Why

Every where, I walk in Cambodia I see vietnamese speak vietnamese every where, why? why?

Don't you and your families scare of hell for ethernity?

When you die can you bring all of your power and money with you?

Dr. Hun Sen and Dr. Big ass lady and his belove Dr. Hun Manet Please don't put us in jail or kill us for this! We want to live like you and your families do!

Khmers victim of 1997 and K5

PS

If Dr. Hun Sen and Dr. Hun Manet remove the tablet it is show they are extremely coward and his star are just joy stars given by his daddy not by patriotism. Dr. Hun Manet is very coward as his daddy they only aim to kill innocent cambodians that all. Dr. Hun SEn and Dr. ten stars Hun Manet are very great at bullying cambodians and killing Cambodians but cowardly toward Thai and Viet.

Seriously where is the win win policy of Dr. Hun Sen represent. The country is getting smaller and shamer by Dr. Hun Sen and Dr. Hun Manet.

Certified Doctor said...

Thousands of people lose their lives due to fake medicines, good to hear the government is coming with strict rules & regulations to curb this menace.