Roche says vials of counterfeit MabThera found in Germany

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Roche says vials of counterfeit MabThera found in Germany

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roche-says-vials-counterfeit-mabthera-found-germany-182536670--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zJ.28sgdc_Oh9Pj27jupqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-12T182536Z_1_LYNXMPEA8B0ZT_RTROPTP_2_ROCHE-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is seen outside their headquarters in Basel" align="left" title="The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is seen outside their headquarters in Basel" border="0" /></a>Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Friday that compromised vials of its top-selling blood cancer drug MabThera had been found in Germany, the second time this year that one of its medicines has been targeted by counterfeiters. MabThera, which is also known as Rituxan, is an injectable biotech drug used to treat blood cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. In 2013 it was Roche's biggest seller with sales of 6.95 billion Swiss francs ($7.45 billion). &quot;Roche was alerted that counterfeit MabThera was detected in Germany by a German parallel importer,&quot; the drugmaker said in an emailed statement.</p><br clear="all"/>

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