Just Like Fake Avastin, Pending Counterfeit Drug Legislation Doesn’t Do Anything Either
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April 25, 2012
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Tags: 18 U.S.C. § 2320, Avastin, cancer, counterfeit, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011, distribution, drugs, fake, IP, logo, penalties, Senator Bennett, treatment
In February 2012, news of fake Avastin in the United States hit the news wires. Cancer patients were being administered water while under the impression that it was the actual cancer treatment drug, Avastin. People were outraged. Weeks later, another shipment of the counterfeit drug was discovered in the United States. “What’s being done about this?” was the outcry from the press. Shortly thereafter, the Senate passed the Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011,1 a bill that had been sitting in committee … READ MORE
