Crackdown on misleading drugs

SHANGHAI: The Shanghai food and drug administration is carrying out a citywide check on local drugstores selling fake medicines bearing similar names to the genuine ones.

The State drug authority has issued a new law prohibiting the sale of healthcare products that mislead customers with similar packaging and names to the original drugs.

"Besides imitating the appearance of genuine medicines, the fake drugs always promise an exaggerated efficacy in curing diseases," Du Bing, an official with the administration, said.