FILE PHOTO: Illegal and counterfeit drugs seized by Senegalese authorities are seen before an incineration in Tambacounda, Senegal, June 22, 2013. REUTERS/Pape Demba Sidibe/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Last July, Ugandan officials seized fake versions of the cancer drug Avastin on sale in Kampala, revealing only the tip of an iceberg of bogus medicines found all too often in Africa.
It wasn't a very good fake. The bottles contained blue-grey tablets, whereas genuine Avastin is a liquid given by infusion, and the fraudsters labelled the manufacturer as AstraZeneca. The real thing is made by Roche.
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