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Dramatic Increase In Customs Seizures Of Counterfeit Medicines
The European Commission recently published figures for 2006 relating to seizures by national customs authorities of goods infringing intellectual property rights on their entry into the EU. These reveal a considerable increase in the number of counterfeit and pirated articles being seized generally, customs seizing more than 250 million articles in 2006 compared with 75 million in 2005; but in particular highlight a rapid growth in the trade of counterfeit medicines.
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