Business news October 11, according to the drug Administration law, drugs imported without approval are treated as fake drugs. The reporter learned today that Chai, who sold cancer drugs illegally imported from India to cancer patients or their families, was sentenced to eight months in prison by Fangshan Court for selling fake drugs. It is understood that this case is the first in the city.
The reporter found that because the "Indian version of anti-cancer drugs" is much cheaper than domestic regular drugs, and domestic regular drugs can hardly be reimbursed by medical insurance, cancer patients have a huge demand for cheap "Indian drugs". Despite repeated police crackdowns, online sales of "India's version of cancer drugs" are rampant.
Disclosure of case
Indian cancer drugs are sold at a markup of 200, 300
Chai is a drug dealer, originally he bought drugs from hospital patients with medical insurance cards, and then sold them to small clinics at a higher price.
In the meantime, he heard that selling the "Indian version of cancer drugs" can make money, so from July 2012 to "change careers."
"I search from Baidu to the name of the drug, find the sales website, and then contact each other, according to 30% to 50% deposit." Then the other side will ship the goods to me through EMS, and I will pay the balance after receiving the goods."
Chai said the drugs he took included iressa, Gleevec, Dorgemet and tarceva. Chai's family would not disclose the source of the drug, but told him that the medicine was produced in India.
These drugs are targeted therapies. The so-called targeted therapy refers to the design of therapeutic drugs for the already clear carcinogenic sites. When the drugs enter the body, they will select the carcinogenic sites to act, causing tumor cells to die, while not affecting the surrounding normal cells, helping patients achieve high-quality "survival with tumor".
Chai said that after he in the Jiujiu information network, China industry information network, market network and other posts to sell medicine, and buyers to negotiate the price, the medicine sent to each other. He added $200 to $300 to each box.
Drug peddlers in China were sentenced to 8 months in prison for fake drugs
On January 22, 2013, police arrested Chai and found 225 boxes of the Indian version of cancer drugs from his residence.
After trial, Fangshan court recently sentenced Chai to eight months in prison for selling fake drugs and fined him 2,000 yuan.
Dong Jie, the judge responsible for the case, explained that the import of drugs must be reviewed and approved by the drug supervision and administration department and issued a registration certificate of imported drugs. According to the provisions of Article 48 (3) (2) of the Drug Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, drugs that must be imported without approval shall be treated as fake drugs.
The drugs involved in the case are imported without the approval of the relevant state departments, so they are identified as fake drugs according to law, which constitutes the crime of selling fake drugs.
Patient narrative
The price of regular medicine in China is high
A few days ago, the reporter interviewed a number of drug buyers involved in Chai's case. They all told reporters that the therapeutic effect of targeted drugs is indeed good, but the general economic conditions of cancer patients are poor, and domestic regular medicine can not afford to eat.
Many cancer patients or their families can only seek a "side route", so the "Indian medicine" slowly became popular and is now well-known among cancer patients.
Mr. Wang, Chongqing citizen:
I bought the medicine for my aunt. Aunt is an ordinary Chongqing citizens, in the summer of 2007 after illness unemployed, relying on her husband to support the family.
Domestic regular aunt Iresa can not afford to eat, can only be reimbursed by the state which kind of medicine, but the effect is very bad.
I heard other patients talk about Indian medicine. Although I knew it might not be insured, I bought a box from the Internet in order to relieve my aunt's pain.
This 1,800 yuan is half a month's salary for my aunt's husband. But as long as there is a little hope, we patients' families are willing to try.
Domestic situation
The frequent cases are mostly online sales
Reporters visited a number of courts in Beijing learned that the conviction and sentencing of the "Indian version of cancer drugs" for the crime of selling fake drugs is the first time in the city.
But in China, such cases are already frequent. According to incomplete statistics, since the beginning of this year, the domestic media has exposed a total of 10 criminal cases of the sale of "Indian version of anti-cancer drugs".
In nine of these cases, the defendants sold drugs through the Internet. But there are also special cases - in a case handled by the Wuhan Municipal Procuratorate, the defendant Chen, a medical representative, bought the "Indian version of anti-cancer drug" Iressa, and directly took it to a cancer hospital in Wuhan and sold it to hospitalized patients or their families.
Some of the defendants were "purchasers" based in India. In a case recently cracked by Shenzhen Nanshan police, a woman surnamed CAI has bought drugs from India since 2011, using the convenience of working in India for a long time, and then brought them back to China for domestic sales by express delivery or consignment.
Overseas purchasing "Indian medicine" website nearly 100
The reporter found that although the police have repeatedly cracked down, the phenomenon of online sales of "Indian version of cancer drugs" is still widespread.
The reporter searched for "India Iresa" on Baidu.com, and there were 407,000 search results, most of which involved purchasing information. These include hundreds of independent sales sites, others through the form of Posting to solicit customers.
The reporter contacted one of the purchasing websites in the name of buying medicine. Website customer service staff "Kumar" claimed to be in New Delhi, India.
"Kumar" made it clear that the website has the Indian version of Iresa, 30 grains ×250mg can eat for a month, 1800 yuan a box, including customs duties and postage.
Transactions are conducted through Taobao. "Kumar" said that the site has a separate Taobao store, customers buy just like any other products on Taobao. The only difference is that since the sale of pharmaceuticals is banned on Taobao, Iressa is described in the product description as an Indian tea.
"The package sent to you is international, to the domestic EMS transfer." Direct mail in India takes 8 to 12 working days. But there are so many festivals in the second half of the year in India that post offices and customs sometimes have a backlog of parcels and delays of a few days." "Kumar" said.
"Is there an invoice or something?" The reporter asked about this, and the other side seemed to hear the worry, and replied: "The package sent to you contains not only the invoice of the Indian pharmacy, but also the newspaper of the day in India." An Indian customs clearance certificate was attached to the parcel. We were in India, and we went to Indian pharmacies to buy medicine the same day and mailed it the same day."
"Kumar" said that the site's sales have been OK. "We are on a business trip in India to buy for domestic patients. It is a part-time job." 'he said.
At the same time, he also repeatedly stressed that India's Iressa, and patients in other countries to buy iressa efficacy.
