48 fake medicines in Yemeni markets [Archives:2006/935/Local News]

SANA'A, April 5 ) The total number of fake medicines in Yemeni markets has reached 48 varieties, according to last week's report by the High Authority for Medicine.

Customs authorities destroyed five tons of fake medicine containing more than 190 varieties caught at Haradh border inlet in cooperation with the authority. The total worth of the medicine was estimated at YR 30 million. Another 38 varieties of fake medicine also were destroyed in Hodeidah and Taiz.

Dr. Abdullah Abdul Khaliq, General Manager of the High Authority for Medicine, said the authority still is holding another quantity of fake medicine at Sana'a airport and Aden customs. They are awaiting a destruction decision. Khaliq confirmed that the authority is exerting efforts with judiciary control apparatus to fight the faking phenomenon.

Consumer Protection Committee minutes published last month regarding destroying fake medicine disclosed that the authority destroyed 81,366 tons of fake medicine in 2005. The minutes pointed out that a car filled with fake medicine was caught last month. Another quantity from airports and the governorates now is being held in Aden customs.
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