Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the global trade in fake pharmaceuticals
OECD has released an iluminating report about counterfeit medicines around the world. And my surprise was:
Commenting specifically on manufacturing, Table 4.5 indicates that China arrested the largest number of individuals engaged in the manufacture of counterfeit medicines. It was followed by Spain, the United States, India, Pakistan and Indonesia. Note that almost all of these countries (except the United States and Spain) were identified as potential producers of counterfeit pharmaceuticals in the methodology developed by OECD/EUIPO and described in the previous section .
The second method for determining the main producing economies of fake pharmaceuticals and the key transit points involves using PSI data. Through liaison contacts, member reports and open source reports, PSI has documented the arrest of 2253 people involved in counterfeiting, diversion or theft of pharmaceutical drugs worldwide during 2018.Table 4.5. Top ten countries for the number of arrests of individuals engaged in manufacturing counterfeit medicines, 2018
Economy
Number of arrests
China
233
Spain
52
United States
48
India
38
Pakistan
10
Indonesia
10
Canada
7
Colombia
6
Egypt
1
Source: PSI data.
As you can see, Spain is the second country in the world. Nothing to add.
As you can see, Spain is the second country in the world. Nothing to add.
