Fake Tamiflu Seized

[Lone Gunman]

U.S. Customs Seizes Fake Tamiflu

More than four dozen shipments of counterfeit Tamiflu pills were seized by U.S. customs agents at a post office in South San Francisco. Tamiflu is one of two drugs believed to be effective against avian flu.

The first of the 51 packages of fake Tamiflu pills, which were marked "generic Tamiflu," was seized Nov. 26 and the seizures continued through last week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

"They were actually in containers that stated they were generic Tamiflu, but there is no generic Tamiflu, so that's a pretty big tip off," said Roxanne Hercules, spokeswoman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

She noted that this is the first time that fake Tamiflu has been seized in the United States. The pills were shipped from China and had been purchased over the Internet. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is testing the fake pills to determine what they actually contain, the Chronicle reported.

Countries around the world are stockpiling Tamiflu in anticipation of a possible bird flu pandemic. The drug can cost as much as $65 for 10 pills.

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[TexKan]

I think it would be real intersting to know who they were going to....... and what website they bought them off of.............let the scam shams begin....