UPDATED 12:05 PM EST, February 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report calls for a national drug tracking system to fight the growing problem of fake drugs.
The Institute of Medicine says phony or substandard drugs are an increasing international threat, and one that is affecting the U.S. as well.
Just last week, the Food and Drug Administration warned doctors — for the third time in about a year — that it discovered a counterfeit batch of the cancer drug Avastin, one that lacks the real tumor-killing ingredient.
