> I'm sure that there are all sorts of dodgy pills ending up in unregistered pharmacies in the developing world, but do people in countries with functioning reg

> I'm sure that there are all sorts of dodgy pills ending up in unregistered pharmacies in the developing world, but do people in countries with functioning regulatory systems really need to worry about foreign-manufactured generics? From Wikipedia[0]: > According to Outsourcing Pharma in 2012, 75% of counterfeit drugs supplied worldwide had some origins in India, followed by 7% from Egypt and 6% from China.[12] > ... > Around 25% of India's drugs are fake, counterfeit or substandard.[16] If the fake drugs market grows at the current rate of 25%, it will cross US$10 billion mark by 2017. There have been a number of proposals in the US, usually around election time, to import drugs from overseas in one way or another. It always boils down to this: drugs are cheaper if no one is checking quality control. That would be a disastrous public health mistake. ___ 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_medications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_medications