An appeal trial for the trade of counterfeit cancer drugs at Vietnam Pharma (VN Pharma) JSC commenced on May 18 in HCM City.

The Supreme People’s Court in HCMC will summon more than 190 people to an appeal hearing for a case involving pharmaceutical firm VN Pharma’s sales of fake cancer drugs.

Nguyen Minh Hung, former general director of Vietnam Pharma JSC (VN Pharma), was sentenced yesterday to 17 years in prison by the HCM City People's Court for importing fake medicine for cancer treatment.

The People’s Court of HCM City on September 24 opened the first-instant trial on 12 people accused in the “trading in fake goods being curative medicines” case at the Vietnam Pharma JSC (VN Pharma).

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese drug and medical instrument market is expected to have value estimated to exceed $10 billion per annum by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former VN Pharma chairman of the Board of Directors-cum-general director Nguyen Minh Hung and former director of H&C International Marine Trade Company Vo Manh Cuong 

VietNamNet Bridge - No report exists about the scale of the counterfeit drug market in Vietnam, but experts believe that the market is large and that many drugs are easily faked.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested the Government take another look at VN Pharma’s licence to import seven drugs manufactured by Helix Pharmaceuticals Inc of Canada and ...