Counterfeit and substandard medicines pose an increasing threat to global health, especially in the developing world. They kill hundreds of thousands--maybe millions--every year, undermine incentives for research and development for new drugs, and are even beginning to infiltrate North American markets.

What can national governments and concerned individuals do to combat...

How a brave regulator stemmed the tide of counterfeit drugs that threatened Nigeria.

The proliferation of low-quality and counterfeit drugs is one of the most pressing problems in delivering life-saving medicines to the world's poorest patients.

Researchers and pharmacologists around the world are working on new drugs, but their efforts are complicated by the murderous opportunists who fake legitimate products.

Counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals are a massive problem, and international bodies need to confront them head-on.

In Africa and Southeast Asia, drugs successfully used for years to combat malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV are failing more and more often.

For at least three decades, Nigeria has been plagued by counterfeit and poor quality medicines, but today it offers a rare model of improvement.