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Pills
I’ve written before about some of the Seattle folks playing a critical role in the battle against counterfeit medications and the potential for harm “fake drugs” can cause, especially in low-income countries.
It is a much bigger problem than most people realize and not at all simple to fix.
While some estimate that maybe one percent of the medications sold in the U.S. are fake or adulterated, experts say as many as one-third of all medications in the developing world could be counterfeits. Continue reading