Washington, Feb 4 -  Dangerous Drugs

Fake or faulty pharmaceuticals cause many deaths primarily due to their ineffectiveness at treating disease. Some of these fake drugs can also breed drug resistance due to poor production techniques. The industry behind these toxic drugs poses an enormous threat to public health.

Estimates of the amount of counterfeit or substandard drugs in some parts of the developing world range from less than one percent to over fifty percent.[1] Poor countries such as India and many African nations are particularly struggling with this problem, as efforts to reform the pharmaceutical industry have focused on counterfeit medicines and ignored substandard drugs. Until governments and industry significantly lowers substandard drugs in developing world markets, a significant health threat remains.

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