Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:18pm EST (Reuters) - "Danish drug distributor CareMed said it was an unwitting link in the journey of fake cancer medicine Avastin from Switzerland to Britain, in the latest twist in a saga that began when the counterfeit drugs surfaced in the United States last year.
The fake version of the multi-billion dollar Roche drug had been traced back as far as Egypt before entering a complex supply chain that ended in California......
A Swissmedic spokeswoman said it looked as if
the distributor had no knowledge that the drugs were fake, a view echoed
by Britain's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
"There is no suggestion (CareMed and Hadicon) knew it was counterfeit," a MHRA spokesman said......."
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