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India new frontier of counterfeit drugs

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Rome, May 7 (beraking latest news Salute) – Boom of counterfeit drugs in Italy, with seizures by the competent authorities increased by + 45% in 2020 compared to the previous year. This was reported today by Assoutenti, which deals with the fight against counterfeiting as part of the ‘I am original’ project, aimed at combating the phenomenon and giving useful information to consumers.

“The official data of the Customs Agency mark a very strong growth in the seizures of counterfeit or illegal medicines operated on the Italian territory – underlines Assoutenti – with 2,192 kg of drugs seized and about 1 million packages against the 1,509 kg of 2019. One a substantial slice of illicit supplies concerns precisely the treatment of Covid-19: since the outbreak of the pandemic, a new illegal drug market has been seen that exploits the health emergency to profit on health, discomfort and undoubted fear of citizens to contract the virus. Covid, in essence – underlines the consumer association – has triggered a sort of drug hunt that can prevent or even cure Covid-19. Most of the seizures carried out take place on products shipped for by air (express couriers and post offices), intended for private individuals and without the necessary authorizations “.

The new frontier of counterfeit medicines is India, the country from which the largest number of illegal medicines destined for Italy come, followed by Hungary, Singapore, Russia and Slovakia.

After Covid, the health sector most affected by the phenomenon of counterfeit drugs is the sexual one (products for erectile dysfunctions, fake viagra, stimulants, etc.) followed by doping substances, agents against hair loss and slimming. But analgesics, antibiotics, psychotropic drugs, cancer drugs, and drugs against rare diseases were also seized. “Extremely dangerous products – underlines Assoutenti – for human health, since in some cases the presence of rat poison, paints or, on the contrary, the complete absence of the active pharmaceutical ingredient in their composition has been found”.

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