counterfeit drugs
Bogus pharmaceutical products
Counterfeit drugs are fake or fraudulently produced medications sold as genuine pharmaceuticals.
They may contain no active ingredient, wrong ingredients, or dangerous substitutes.
The term covers both deliberate fakes manufactured for profit and substandard medicines that fail to meet quality standards: Counterfeit drugs flood markets where regulation is weak.
The problem is most acute with expensive medications and in regions with limited pharmaceutical oversight.
- fakeNot the real thing
- fake pillsInactive pharmaceutical substitutes
- pillsOral medication units
- pharmaceuticalManufactured medicinal compound
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
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