print email comment close Substandard and Counterfeit Medicines URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/2003/fs275/en/ Description: This facts sheet provides background information and statistics on pharmaceuticals "whose composition and ingredients do not meet the correct scientific specifications" and medicine that is "deliberately or fraudulently mislabeled with respect to identity and/or source." In English and French. From the World Health Organization (WHO). Publisher: World Health Organization (WHO) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Consumer protection Drug adulteration Drugs -- Standards Product counterfeiting LII Database Information: Record 8551 created by Jennifer English on 09/28/2004 Last modification on 07/20/2009 Published: 09/28/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8551