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November 15, 2012 | By Eric Palmer

The World Health Organization (WHO) is banning a group of doctors and academics who are calling for a global treaty on counterfeit drugs from attending an international meeting on the problem, and India may have been the country that nixed them from speaking at the meeting in Argentina.

According to Reuters, the group published a paper Wednesday in the British Medical Journal calling for a treaty like those used for money laundering and human trafficking that they say can slow the appearance of counterfeit drugs and save lives. They contend that without a treaty there is no official means for regulators and law enforcement to work across borders, providing havens in which counterfeiters can operate.

Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa in Canada, the lead author of the article, told Reuters that the WHO notified him Monday that he and his colleagues were not welcome after India objected. He called it a "scandal." WHO wouldn't tell Reuters who was behind the objection and the service couldn't reach officials in India.


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