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France seizes fake Viagra from China

French customs said on Thursday they had seized a stash of 10 tons of fake aspirin and erectile dysfunction and diarrhoea drugs from China in what they billed as the European Union's biggest-ever seizure of counterfeit medicine.

Officials seized the 2.4 million counterfeit drugs, hidden in two containers and declared as Chinese tea, at the port of Le Havre in late February, the customs office said in a statement.

A customs official said that four brands, including Viagra and Cialis - products of Pfizer and Eli Lilly - had been counterfeited.

The fake aspirin and anti-diarrhoea drugs contained no active ingredient other than sugar, while the fake erectile dysfunction drugs did contain an active ingredient but dosed differently than the original product, the official said.

The shipment, estimated to be worth around 1 million euros (US$1.38 million), had been imported from Belgium but at this stage it was not known to which markets it was destined.


 

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