Protecting Critical Care Drugs
It was thirteen years ago when San Francisco AIDS patient Rick Roberts noticed a burning sensation while injecting Serostim, a human growth hormone that helps prevent AIDS wasting syndrome. Roberts purchased Serostim regularly from a nearby location of a national pharmacy chain. By checking with his pharmacist, he learned that counterfeit Serostim had been showing up in pharmacies in several states. Further investigation revealed that although the Serostim packaging looked real.
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