No counterfeit drugs have been detected at medical examination and treatment facilities - Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television Station

After the information that Thanh Hoa Provincial Police had dismantled a large-scale counterfeit drug production and trading ring nationwide, arresting 14 subjects for the crime of manufacturing and trading counterfeit disease prevention and treatment drugs, speaking to the press, Mr. Ta Manh Hung, Deputy Director of the Department of Drug Administration, said that the ministry had sent an urgent document to the Thanh Hoa Provincial Department of Health requesting information provision, close coordination with the police in the fight to clarify, strictly handle violators of the law and thoroughly recall counterfeit drugs that have been put on the market.

Thanh Hoa Provincial Police's Economic Police Department dismantled a large-scale counterfeit pharmaceutical production and trading ring on April 16. Photo: VNA

Initial information from the Thanh Hoa Provincial Department of Health and functional units shows that the above products have not been detected at medical examination and treatment facilities. The products made by counterfeiters cannot enter the public hospital system due to the lack of sufficient documents and certificates to participate in bidding. Therefore, these counterfeit products are mainly sold online and at retail channels. Among the 21 types of products seized by the police, there are 4 types of counterfeit modern medicine (including: 44 boxes of Tetracycline, 40 boxes of Clorocid, 49 boxes of Pharcoter, 52 boxes of Neo-Codion); the remaining 39,323 boxes include 17 types of counterfeit products suspected to be oriental medicines, products with labels stating the intended use as medicine.

According to the Deputy Director of the Drug Administration, the rate of counterfeit drugs in recent years has been below 0.1%. In 2023-2024, some provinces and cities such as Thanh Hoa, Ha Nam, and Hanoi reported the discovery of a number of batches of counterfeit Tetracycline, Clorocid, Pharcoter, and Neo-Codion drugs. Dr. Ta Manh Hung said that medicines are special goods that directly affect the health and lives of patients, so they require very strict management. Activities of production, business, trade, and use of drugs must comply with the principles and standards of good practice stipulated in the Law on Pharmacy and related legal documents. Accordingly, those who produce and trade in counterfeit drugs can be criminally prosecuted for a minimum of 2 years in prison and a maximum of the death penalty.

The Deputy Director of the Drug Administration Department also said that the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Public Security have signed a coordination regulation, in which the two ministries will coordinate in providing information, documents, and situations related to the production, trading, import-export, distribution and circulation of drugs, including counterfeit and poor quality drugs. To ensure drug quality, the Ministry of Health has implemented a series of pre-inspection and post-inspection activities throughout the entire process of production, trading and use of drugs, strengthened inspection and examination work, and issued many decisions to impose strict administrative penalties on organizations and individuals who violate the law. People can look up drugs that have been licensed for circulation on the online public service system. If the drug is not listed on the website, it is not licensed for circulation, cannot be produced, traded, or used.

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