Hürriyet Gündem51 minutes agoCrime1 min readTürkiye

Operation against 15 suspects who marketed expired cancer drugs

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Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that it is conducting an investigation into the fact that the expired cancer drug was repackaged with a new box and package insert and sold as if it had not expired.
On November 2, an operation was carried out against 24 suspects and 5 workplaces in 11 provinces.
As a result of the studies, 15 suspects and 3 more workplaces were identified.

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The investigation carried out by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is that the expired cancer drug was repackaged with a new box and prospectus and sold domestically and abroad, pretending that it had not expired. An operation was carried out by Istanbul Police Department's Financial Crimes Fighting Branch Directorate against 24 suspects and 5 workplaces in 11 provinces on November 2. The seized digital materials and the MASAK report were examined. As a result of the studies, 15 suspects and 3 more workplaces, considered to be linked to the criminal organization, were identified.

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According to the statement made by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, an investigation is being carried out regarding the sale of expired cancer drugs at home and abroad by packaging them in new boxes and prospectuses and making them appear as if they have not expired.

Within the scope of the investigation, the digital materials seized after the first operation carried out against 24 suspects and 5 workplaces in 11 provinces on November 2, as a result of the work carried out by the Financial Crimes Department of the Istanbul Police Department, and the MASAK report were examined.

As a result of the studies, 15 suspects and 3 more workplaces, considered to be linked to the criminal organization, were identified.

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Operation against 15 suspects who marketed expired cancer drugs

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Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that it is conducting an investigation into the fact that the expired cancer drug was repackaged with a new box and package insert and sold as if it had not expired.
On November 2, an operation was carried out against 24 suspects and 5 workplaces in 11 provinces.
As a result of the studies, 15 suspects and 3 more workplaces were identified.

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