In so doing, he took care to distinguish the divinely inspired "gold elixir" (jindan), or "liquefied gold" (jinyi i.e., preparations of true edible, or potable, gold, the consumption of which leads to immortality (aurifaction)—from the mere counterfeiting of the precious substance, with intention to deceive (aurifiction).
In the past decade major problems with Chinese-made food and drugs has led to thousands of deaths, mostly in China itself, but many in rich countries too, including at least 150 deaths in the U.S. from counterfeits of the drug heparin.
To protect the supply chain of pharmaceutical products from the intrusion of counterfeit medicines, distributors and wholesalers should be oriented and sensitised to countermeasures against counterfeit medicines.
Sub-standard medicines should be distinguished from the issue of counterfeits (Newton et al. 2011) and pose a different set of problems: while counterfeit medicines are often limited to the informal market, genuine medicines of poor quality may be dispensed in the formal sector.
Nearly two dozen people took turns listing pressing issues ranging from the proliferation of counterfeit drugs on the international market to the developmental lag for low-income babies.
The January 2015 attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket that killed 17 people were funded with cash, earned partly from the sale of counterfeit goods.
87 I should note here that, contrary to what was argued before this Court at the hearing, s. 27(2) is not meant to protect manufacturers from the importation of counterfeit versions of their consumer goods.
Ronald K. Noble, the secretary general of Interpol, told the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations that profits from the sale of counterfeit goods have gone to groups associated with Hezbollah, the Shiite terrorist group, paramilitary organizations in Northern Ireland and FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Aside from the fear of counterfeit products being transshipped through Canada to the United States, proponents of importation proposals have overlooked the dangers associated with criminal organizations posing as legitimate online pharmacies.
The Calder estate's lawsuit contends that some illicit proceeds — from the sale of counterfeits and misappropriated Calder originals — were used to purchase the modern and African art that Perls gave to the Met, although the papers do not contain any specific evidence.
