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How fake drugs end up in our public health system (and how to spot them)

  • Written by Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Prescribing and using pharmaceuticals is a matter of trust. Health service providers and patients need to know medicines are genuine. “Counterfeit” medicines that do not...

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