Biotech
Aug. 11, 2011
Biotech companies target counterfeiters
Most pharmaceutical and medical device companies rely on law enforcement to police counterfeiters. But some are asserting their intellectual property rights in civil cases.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lipitor at half price from an online pharmacy sounds too good to be true, and it probably is.
Instead of Pfizer Inc.'s wildly successful cholesterol-lowering drug, there's a good chance that what arrives in the mail are counterfeit pills - mixtures of chalk, lead paint, floor wax, boric acid or other toxic substances.
Counterfeiting is not unique to the pharmaceutical in...
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