Corporate Secrecy Spreads Pharmafakes

The pharmaceutical industry keeps health information confidential in order to sell pharmafakes for big profits.

By Terry J. Allen

The suffering of millions could be eased by issuing public health warnings from available information that is currently kept confidential by the pharmaceutical industry,” reporter Robert Cockburn told the Global Forum on Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting. The secrecy concerns the flood of pharmafakes that may comprise 50 percent of drugs in some developing countries and 10 percent worldwide. Some experts put the… return to article

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Corporate Secrecy Spreads Pharmafakes

The pharmaceutical industry keeps health information confidential in order to sell pharmafakes for big profits.

By Terry J. Allen

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Corporate Secrecy Spreads Pharmafakes

The pharmaceutical industry keeps health information confidential in order to sell pharmafakes for big profits.

By Terry J. Allen

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