Analysis of the Criminal history of the Production and Supply of Smuggled and Counterfeit Medicines in Iran
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 8 No. 28 (1395),
7 November 2019
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Page 47-55
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v8i28.32357
Abstract
Background and Aim: Medicine is a tool for generalizing the right to health. Undoubtedly, any act or maneuver that interferes with the patient's access to this vital product is punishable and criminalized. The aim of this study was to investigate the deterrence of punishment for Medicine crimes in Iran, especially in the case of smuggled and counterfeit Medicines and their distribution in society.
Materials and Methods: This research study has been prepared from related books and articles published in this regard and also using existing legal documents and valid sources.
Findings: The definition of counterfeit Medicines and smuggling is different and the ways of entering these Medicines in the community are also different and there are special laws to prevent the import of counterfeit Medicines and the manufacture of counterfeit Medicines in the country and its supply in society. The scope of many of these punishments does not deter profiteers.
Conclusion: Any Medicine that enters the country from other countries without the permission of the Ministry of Health is considered a smuggled Medicine, but it is not necessarily a counterfeit Medicine. In any case, both smuggled and counterfeit Medicines are called illegal. In the case of smuggled Medicines, despite the strictness of the law in question, in practice there is no distinction between whether the drug is counterfeit or genuine, and in many cases there is a single procedure for dealing with it, while the punishment for the supply and production of counterfeit Medicines According to rational independence, deterrence of punishments should be much greater than Medicine trafficking. The need for strict judicial and administrative oversight by the government on the supply of medicines and health products is obvious and necessary because according to the principles of human rights, medicine is a tool for generalizing the right to health and the government is committed to the Covenant on Economic, Social, Social and Cultural Rights. Prepares and makes available to the public essential and essential medicines.
Please cite this article as: Dastmardie SH, Fallah Mortezanejad SHR, Bakhtiary A, Delpadand K. Analysis of the Criminal history of the Production and Supply of Smuggled and Counterfeit Medicines in Iran. Med Hist J 2016; 8(28): 47-55.
- Medicine; Right to Health; Medicine Crime; Counterfeit Medicine; Medicine Trafficking
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