Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines

Fake medicine giving ASEAN a headache

ASEAN’s reputation as a hub for fake medicine is nothing to sneeze at.Increasing amounts of falsified medicines are being produced in ASEAN, in part as a result of legitimate, and illegitimate, pharmaceutical producers based in India and China having transferred or outsourced some manufacturing processes to Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia to avoid tougher regulations and enforcement – and to benefit from lower production costs – according to a recent report by the United Nations Offic

7 September 2019
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