# \[e-drug\] Conference: Risks of counterfeits in importation

**URL:** <https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-conference-risks-of-counterfeits-in-importation/22035>\
**Category:** e-drug\
**Created:** [March 29, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-conference-risks-of-counterfeits-in-importation/22035 "2005-03-29T19:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Liang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@Bryan\_Liang](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Bryan_Liang)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-conference-risks-of-counterfeits-in-importation/22035/1 "2005-03-29T19:13:20Z")

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E-DRUG: Conference: Risks of counterfeits in importation  
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hi all,  
this might be a conference of interest to people on drug  
importation, a huge policy issue for us in the USA

Bryan Liang  
baliang@alum.mit.edu

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**Author:** ![Donald\_Light](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Donald\_Light](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Donald_Light)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-conference-risks-of-counterfeits-in-importation/22035/2 "2005-03-31T18:40:49Z")

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E-DRUG: Conference: Risks of counterfeits in importation(2)  
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dear colleagues,

Given that the evidence seems to indicates that Americans are in far greater  
danger of counterfeit and dangerous drugs from unscrupulous wholesalers  
within the United States than from any foreign source, I hope the conference  
organizers address this issue as well. It is greatly in the interest of  
manufacturers as well as patients and physicians to find systemic ways to  
reduce this major source of dangerous drugs. The principal one that comes to  
mind is to reduce the second layer of wholesalers (after the big national  
ones) and provide strict standards for those who wholesale drugs.

Don

Donald W. Light  
tel: 1-609-915-1588  
fax: 1-609-924-1830  
dlight@Princeton.EDU

[Is someone maybe protecting his/her market from cheaper imports from Canada/Mexico? WB]