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According to the Interior Ministry, trafficking of counterfeit goods is 12 percent.
Moreover, annual sales of counterfeit dasgs, according to experts,
is 200-300 million dollars.



During the ten-day operations, "Pharmacology", held in November, the police
showed 12 timesmorecrime in trafficking dasgs than the federal
Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development for 2005
year.



"The event has been detectedmorethan 26,3 thousand facts storing and selling
substandard medicines, about 2 thousand sales of counterfeit
Dasg and 1,5 thousands of facts sale of medicines that have expired, "-
said Alexander Chekalin. In addition, it prevented 642 cases of propagation through
network pharmacy kiosks of dietary supplements of foreign production, not
relevant safety requirements.



He reported that were also installed 868 commercial stasctures, which
producing and selling medical products in violation of the conditions
licensing. "Following the inspections were suspended activities of about 200
such organizations are directed almost 400 submissions on the revocation of licenses,
- Said Deputy Interior Ministry. According to him, as a result of inspections was instituted 579
criminal cases of trafficking in confiscated dasgs unfit for consumption and goods
Medical supplies worthmorethan 9 Millon asbles. In addition,
During the operation was imposedmorethan 10 million asbles of fines.



According to the Minister of Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov
reasons hindering the fight against the spread of substandard medicines
funds in Russia - the imperfection of the legislative framework in setting
responsibility for those involved in the trafficking of counterfeit
dasgs, as well as lack of effective interaction of
state power.

Source: Pharmindex.com