ARTICLE SERVICES            Reprint this article     Print this article       Send as an e-mail     Send Feedback       Post a comment       RELATED STORIES   Typhoid-prone villages in Iloilo get distilled water rations 15 Filipinos arrested over suspected oil theft in Nigeria Pope to apologize for Church's sexual abuse in Australia Thousands flock to Black Nazarene mass Vendor stabbed dead on Manila sidewalk 2.5M turnout seen for Black Nazarene 5 prisoners bolt Manila jail Black Nazarene traffic advisory More Stories » News Businessman shot dead in QC Virus in pigs may pose human risk Godless message posted on British buses Suspect is pusher, user--kin NTC transfers back to CICT German billionaire commits suicide US tycoon found dead in apparent suicide Boys’ lawyer drafted release order PDEA’s Marcelino a battle-scarred Marine Antipolo mayor dies News Brodetts vs Brodetts Gonzalez: 3 boys’ lawyer unethical In praise of Magdalo men turned narcs Suspect is pusher, user--kin SC asked to disbar drug suspects’ lawyer This lawyer should be disbarred Death penalty pushed vs drug trafficking Trader shot, killed in front of his kids German billionaire commits suicide Dave Brodett: Cager, character actor ‘Connection system’ rampant in judiciary Pizza parlor loses P500,000   News Most Read RSS Chef Laudico Look for: Jacqueline Laudico Tel.No.: 856.0634/856.0541 Mobile: 0917.8002433 Email: cheflaudico@yahoo.com Princess Dellan’s Catering Services Look for: Madeleine Delos Reyes Tel.No.: 641.0455/910.0046 Mobile: 0917.8337120

MANILA, Philippines -- Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) seized hundreds of counterfeit anti-hypertension and pain-relieving medicine in raids conducted in Manila and Caloocan City recently.

Raided were Acebedo General Hospital on General Luis Street, Bagbaguin, Caloocan City, and Longlife Pharmaceutical Inc. on Benavidez Street, Binondo, Manila.

Norman Decampong, executive officer of the NBI Intellectual Property Rights Division, said agents confiscated 946 counterfeit tablets of Norvasc, an anti-hypertension medicine, and 806 fake Ponstan pain relief tablets.

He said the raids were prompted by a complaint filed by Pfizer Inc., manufacturer of Norvasc and Ponstan.

Armed with search warrants issued by Judges Calixtro Adriatico and Teresa Soriaso, bureau agents swooped down on the establishments at 2 p.m. on Wednesday following surveillance and test buys.

Charges of violation of Republic Act 8203, the Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs, were being readied against the owners of the establishments.

• Typhoid-prone villages in Iloilo get distilled water rations
• 15 Filipinos arrested over suspected oil theft in Nigeria
• Pope to apologize for Church's sexual abuse in Australia

• Thousands flock to Black Nazarene mass
• Vendor stabbed dead on Manila sidewalk
• 2.5M turnout seen for Black Nazarene
• 5 prisoners bolt Manila jail
• Black Nazarene traffic advisory