UK leads the way with £15.8 million seizure in global operation targeting counterfeit and unlicensed medicines and devices

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced that £15.8 million in counterfeit and unlicensed medicines and devices were seized in the UK as part of the global initiative, Operation Pangea VIII. Alastair Jeffrey, MHRA Head of Enforcement, commented, “Operation Pangea is the global response to internet-facilitated medicines and devices crime. As a result of our intelligence-led enforcement operations we have seized 15.8 million worth of counterfeit and unlicensed medicines and 15,000 devices in the UK alone - which is almost twice as much as we recorded last year, and clear evidence that this is a growing concern that has to be taken seriously.”