Fraudulent essential medicines from East Asia to Southeast Asia and Africa
- Author: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Main Title: Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific , pp 129-137
- Publication Date: December 2013
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/36bf62c7-en
- Language: English
This chapter refers to fraudulent medicines, not counterfeit medicines, and this choice of terminology is important. “Counterfeit” is often used to refer to falsely-branded or unlicensed products, where the crime involved is intellectual property theft. In contrast, the act of deceiving buyers as to the content of what they are buying is fraud. This includes misbranding, but is broader, and – crucially – encompasses products that do not contain what they purport to contain.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210541640
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/4bf21a0f-en
Related Subject(s):
Drugs Crime and Terrorism
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