20% of medicines sold in Post Soviet countries counterfeit

These figures were announced in the conference of WHO member states held in Bonn on fight against counterfeit medicines. WHO member Howard Zuker said that poor and rich patients receive these medicines to recover; counterfeit medicines can cause serious diseases and even death.

The participants discussed the fight strategy against counterfeit medicines prepared by WHO and international organizations.

The document proposes to create computer system to give immediate information about counterfeit medicines, APA reports.

It was noted that as pharmaceutics is one of the profitable spheres of business, it involves swindlers.

According to the accounts the income of criminal gangs engaged in the production of counterfeit medicines is ten billions of dollars.

WHO experts consider that to buy medicines through Internet is more dangerous, 50% of these medicines are either counterfeit or do not meet definite standards.