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World Service,13 Jun 2005,22 mins

Fighting The World's Counterfeit Drug Industry

Health Matters

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A report on the global battle against the counterfeit drug industry. The World Health Organisation estimates that 10 per cent of all medicines sold are counterfeit. In the week's health stories an infertile woman had a baby via an ovarian-tissue transplant and a breakthrough in anti-malaria treatment.

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