Monday, March 29, 2010
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Two weeks ago, thieves broke into the Eli Lilly & Co. warehouse in Enfield and drove off with a tractor-trailer filled with $75 million worth of prescription drugs. Narcotics and prescription painkillers, which are not stored at the facility, didn’t appear to be the target…
Instead, the crooks took pallets of the anti-cancer drugs Gemzar and Alimta, the schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, the antidepressant Cymbalta and other prescription medicines.
..."These are very expensive drugs,” ... “It’s almost as though they had an order for it."
The incident is the latest in a string of similar thefts in recent years that have become a concern to regulators. ... Last year, there were 46 drug thefts valued at a total of $184 million ...
In the past, stolen drugs have appeared on the shelves of pharmacies or the black market, according to industry experts. Thieves also sell stolen goods to buyers in Latin American or Asian countries.
The FDA said Tuesday that it has been investigating various thefts of both prescription and over-the-counter drugs as well as medical devices, infant formula and other FDA-regulated products.
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