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Death on the Net? Over 60% of Medicines Sold by Online Pharmacies are Fake
Date:6/5/2008

an patients' rights to access safe medicines. The Alliance acts to raise awareness of the risks of counterfeit and substandard medicine to patient safety, address the shortcomings of current legislation and enforcement, and campaign for greater protection for European patients. Website: http://www.eaasm.eu

Notes to editor

The press release only provides some of the horrifying results of the research. The full report is available for download on http://www.eaasm.eu (currently available in English only).

(1) List of products purchased online

Cardiovascular and respiratory: Lipitor (Pfizer), Plavix (sanofi-

aventis), Seretide (GSK), Coversyl (Servier), Micardis (Boehringer-

Ingelheim), Spiriva (Boehringer-Ingelheim)

Mental Health: Zyprexa (Lilly), Efexor (Wyeth), Risperdal (J&J)

Alzheimer's disease: Aricept (Pfizer), Reminyl (Shire)

Men's health: Cialis (Lilly), Levitra (Bayer-Schering), Viagra

(Pfizer), Propecia (MSD)

Other: Zoton (Wyeth), Reductil (Abbott), Mirapex (Boehringer-Ingelheim


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