FAKE VIAGRA IS DISPLAYED AT THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN BANGKOK, 1998-08-10 (photo)

Fake Viagra is displayed at the Food and Drug Administration in Bangkok August 10. Thailand's Secretary-General of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr Mongkok Na Songkhla in an interview to Reuters August 8, dismissed reports that Thailand was a major production centre for fake Viagra. The FDA has confiscated hundreds of tablets of the impotence drug, some of which are thought to be fake. The raids at several places took place last week after the FDA pledged to crack down on smugglers and producers of the fake drug after news reports cited Thailand and India as the main sources of fake Viagra sold on the Internet. PDN/JIR/WS