�Hitendra Patel (41), a suspended pill pusher, of 2 St Mary's Copse, St Mary's Road, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7LA was fined �3,000 and given a confiscation ordination of over �200,000 at Kingston Crown Court on 25 July 2008 for illegally selling and supplying the erectile disfunction medicine Viagra. The sentence follows a prosecution by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The example began in 2003. Mr Patel was illegally importation Viagra from Pakistan and selling it in the UK to then be sold onto the US market.
Mick Deats, Group Manager of Enforcement at the MHRA said, "The MHRA will take legal action against people illegally supply medicines to the public and testament strive to maintain the integrity of the add chain."
Notes
1. Mr Patel pleaded guilty to two offences under medicines legislation in November 2007.
2. Mr Patel used Mr Shaan Hussain (30) of 20 Albert Road, Ealing, London to broker his deals. Mr Hussain was fined �1,000 on 11 January 2008. Mr Hussain pleaded guilty to ane offence in November 2007.
3. The MHRA is the government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and ar acceptably safe. No product is unhazardous. Underpinning all our work lie robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits to patients and the public justify the risks. We keep watch over medicines and devices, and take any necessary action to protect the public promptly if there is a problem. We encourage everyone -the public and healthcare professionals as comfortably as the industry - to tell us virtually any problems with a medicine or medical gimmick, so that we can investigate and take whatever necessary action. http://www.mhra.gov.uk
4. If an individual is convicted of offences under the Medicines Act 1968, they canful be sentenced to a maximum of two eld imprisonment and/or an outright fine. Where appropriate the MHRA will use the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to determine whether or not benefits were accrued through criminal activity and will recoup unlawful earnings if the single is establish guilty.
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