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The Bitterest Pill: Policing Pharmaceutical Crime. In spite of the all-encompassing coverage of the FIFA World Cup saga in Brazil, a more fundamental issue, the provision of universal health, is still making the world headlines: the UK Government faces calls to overhaul pharmacy regulation after a BBC investigation exposed numerous chemists illegally selling dangerous and addictive drugs; while the city of Yaoundé in Cameroon simultaneously hosted the fifteenth International Pharmaceutical Forum in a bid to rein in counterfeiters of pharmaceutical brands.
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FAKE PILLS. No to the international pharmaceutical crime. The Bridge MAG. Image

Universal health concerns and patients’ safety remain among the thornier of topical issues and a huge challenge of our era, in a world where pharmaceutical brands are increasingly being targeted by counterfeiters.
Global life expectancies are at stake as a dangerous drugs trade impinging on the pharmaceutical mainstream has led to plummeting quality and safety standards in the UK and worldwide in recent decades.
According to the …