# \[e-drug\] counterfeit ARVs in DRC (4) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [February 13, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-counterfeit-arvs-in-drc-4/18866 "2004-02-13T18:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_O.M.S\_Minzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Dr\_O.M.S\_Minzi](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_O.M.S_Minzi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-counterfeit-arvs-in-drc-4/18866/1 "2004-02-13T18:25:05Z")
E-DRUG: counterfeit ARVs in DRC (4) ----------------------------------- Are these ARVs under discussion counterfeit or substandard? Or probably produced by unrecognised pharmaceutical industries but the drugs are OK in terms of content and bioavalability?. One needs to make these differences when addresing these issues, otherwise we may enter into producers warfare. Minzi OMS, PO BOX 65234 Dar Es salaam Tanzania ominzi@muchs.ac.tz [Moderator's comment: as the ARVs found in DRC were fraudulently labelled as being produced by well-known companies at non-existing addresses, they classify as real counterfeits. I don't think we should try and find out whether these counterfeited ARVs contained the "real" ingredients! WB] -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)