The Spreading Cancer of Counterfeit Drugs

Pharmaceutical Fakery Metastasizes from Lifestyle to Lifesaving Medicines

Abstract

Just as the coronavirus mutates to survive and thrive, so to do the purveyors of counterfeit medicines – with their high-speed “host” being the digitization of patient care. The future is now. So, how do we balance moving forward with user-friendly digitization, telemedicine and virtual healthcare delivery while simultaneously recognizing the unintended consequences of the innovative criminal mind? The first step is to recognize there’s a problem.