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Aug 27, 2009
Illegal Tamiflu seller fined <!--10 min-->
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Lowel Low Chong Heng was fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to selling oseltamivir, an ingredient found in Tamiflu, without a HSA licence. --PHOTO: AP
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HOPING to cash in on fears of an H1N1 pandemic, Lowel Low Chong Heng crossed over to Johor and brought back a large stock of a generic version of the Tamiflu medicine. The anti-viral drug is widely used to treat the flu sickness but the 35-year-old's plans to sell the capsules at a profit came to an abrupt halt on June 19 when the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) stepped in. On Thursday, Low was fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to selling oseltamivir, an ingredient found in Tamiflu, without a HSA licence. Oseltamivir is listed on the Schedule to the Poisons Act and can only be sold by HSA licensed agents.
The court heard that HSA received information that generic Tamiflu was being offered for sale on Mocca.com - a classified advertising website.
Posing as a buyer, a HSA officer met Low on June 18 near the Ang Mo Kio MRT station and bought a box of 10 75mg-capsules for $175. Immediately after the transaction, the officer identified herself, seized the medicine and recovered the marked notes she had used as payment. Low had also stocked up on a version of the Reductil weight reducing tablets he bought from Johor. He had sold some of these to the HSA officer and was charged with dealing in sibutramine, an ingredient in Reductil, without permission from the authorities. This offence was taken into consideration by the judge during sentencing. Low could have been fined up to $10,000 and jailed for up to two years.
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Aug 27, 2009
Illegal Tamiflu seller fined <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Khushwant Singh </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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Lowel Low Chong Heng was fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to selling oseltamivir, an ingredient found in Tamiflu, without a HSA licence. --PHOTO: AP
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HOPING to cash in on fears of an H1N1 pandemic, Lowel Low Chong Heng crossed over to Johor and brought back a large stock of a generic version of the Tamiflu medicine. The anti-viral drug is widely used to treat the flu sickness but the 35-year-old's plans to sell the capsules at a profit came to an abrupt halt on June 19 when the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) stepped in. On Thursday, Low was fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to selling oseltamivir, an ingredient found in Tamiflu, without a HSA licence. Oseltamivir is listed on the Schedule to the Poisons Act and can only be sold by HSA licensed agents.
The court heard that HSA received information that generic Tamiflu was being offered for sale on Mocca.com - a classified advertising website.
Posing as a buyer, a HSA officer met Low on June 18 near the Ang Mo Kio MRT station and bought a box of 10 75mg-capsules for $175. Immediately after the transaction, the officer identified herself, seized the medicine and recovered the marked notes she had used as payment. Low had also stocked up on a version of the Reductil weight reducing tablets he bought from Johor. He had sold some of these to the HSA officer and was charged with dealing in sibutramine, an ingredient in Reductil, without permission from the authorities. This offence was taken into consideration by the judge during sentencing. Low could have been fined up to $10,000 and jailed for up to two years.
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