http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/terror/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2845/counterfeit_drugs_infected_with_greed/ Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are flooding hospitals, Web sites, pharmacies and street markets around the world. Visibly indistinguishable from life-saving medicine, the pharmafakes plague the developing world, affecting millions of people and undermining confidence in public health. Counterfeit drug sales will reach $75 billion globally in 2010, a more than 90 percent increase from 2005, according to the Center for Medicines in the Public Interest. Some pharmafakes enter the United States hidden in plain sight inside the 70,000 packages of legitimate medicines that pass through JFK and Miami airports alone, each day. But the developing world is where most fakes are manufactured, most victims live and where up to half the drugs in some countries are bogus. Feeding on desperate need and… drugs terror David Sirota