Fake medicines bring about some 100,000 deaths a year in the continent, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). “To sell fake medicines, you need a clientele. DOUBLE-EDGED CRIMEGentilini said some meningitis vaccines sent a few years ago after an outbreak in arid Niger were fake. The WHO estimates that one out of 10 medicines in the world is fake but the figure can be as high as seven out of 10 in certain countries, especially in Africa. Geoffroy Bessaud, the head of anti-counterfeit coordination at French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, said fake medicines the were the biggest illicit business in the world.

Source: Daily Nation January 18, 2018 06:04 UTC