Fake drugs spark supply chain criminal probe.

GREAT Britain. Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; PRODUCT counterfeiting; CRIMINAL investigation; DRUG recall; PHARMACEUTICAL industry

The article reports that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MRHA) has been alerted to several counterfeit products in Great Britain. The agency has launched a criminal investigation regarding the issue, has issued five drug alerts, recalling counterfeit batches of Zyprexa, Plavix, Casodex from AstraZeneca and Viracept from Roche AG. MRHA urged patients to contact their pharmacists immediately when the drugs they are taking are one of those affected.