A Sick Business: Counterfeit Medicines and Organised Crime - Softcover

Graham Satchwell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954766326 ISBN 13: 9780954766320

Publisher: Stockholm Network, 2004

Synopsis

Recent decades have seen an astounding change in the way we view healthcare. Medical innovation has brought new treatments for all sorts of diseases. But there is a dark side to the growth in demand for medicines. Counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals is now a global trade. Conducted by a former policeman, this investigation into the trade in fake medicines and its links with organised crime uncovers a horrifying story. Across Europe, counterfeiters have discovered a range of easy routes for selling fake and sub-standard products into the legitimate distribution chain. A Sick Business shows how, to the uninitiated eye, this crime is invisible. Most patients and consumers are unaware just how many public safety problems counterfeit medicines may cause. It argues that this illegal business is conducted by unscrupulous people whose actions have already cost thousands of lives and may even be linked to terrorist activity yet almost nothing is being done to stop it.

About this title

About the Author:

Graham Satchwell is a former detective superintendent and has held senior security executive positions within several global corporations. The former Association of Chief Police Offi cers spokesperson on the counterfeiting of branded goods, he was the main author and driving force behind the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 1999 between the police service, HM Customs, trading standards authorities and brand-owners. Before leaving the police service, Graham received the thanks of four government ministers for his work, and in his time has been commended by judges, chief constables, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Lord Lieutenant of London for successful major investigations. Since leaving the police in 1999, he has successfully managed international and politically sensitive major corporate investigations into counterfeiting, illegal diversion and fraud, including the massive reimportation of anti-retroviral drugs from Africa to Europe. Two years ago he created and led an anti-counterfeiting investigative forum involving the world s leading pharmaceutical companies in Europe. Graham now leads Proco Solutions (www.Procosolutions.com), a specialist consultancy that provides brand protection to brand-owners. He is a law graduate and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stockholm Network
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0954766326
• ISBN 13: 9780954766320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120