MANILA: The rapid growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion of counterfeit drugs sold around the world, with China the biggest source of fake medicines, pharmaceutical experts said yesterday.
The illicit trade is now believed to be worth around US$75 billion globally, with criminal gangs increasingly using the web to move their products across borders, said Scott Davis, Pfizer’s top security expert for Asia.
“The Internet has led to an explosion of availability of these products,” Davis told a health forum in Manila. — AFP