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Re:In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs or Make Their Own by Scoundreller on Monday November 12, 2018 @04:27PM (#18436010)
The trick would be to buy the cancer meds, then send them to another lab and have them determine what it is (without telling them in advance).

Extra points if you get the lab to quantify purity instead of just finding presence.

Lots of pharma APIs are manufactured in China or India.

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Re:In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs or Make Their Own by jumelles on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:28PM (#18436556)
This is exactly why the FDA can and will inspect facilities in foreign countries.
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Re:In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs or Make Their Own by Scoundreller on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:15PM (#18436886)
They'll inspect, but the buyer will always do their own verification.
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Re:In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs or Make Their Own by meds2010 on Monday November 12, 2018 @04:29PM (#18436036)
like any drug deal, you should test the product. not exactly a cultural difference here.

this whole thing even sounds like dallas buyers club.

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