Counterfeit diabetes test strips have been sold on Amazon and shipped to patients across the U.S., said biotech company Roche.

KEY POINTS

  • Roche in a lawsuit accused manufacturers and sellers based in India of selling counterfeit versions of its Accu-Chek devices on Amazon.
  • Roche said the test strips are expired or nearly expired products that are repackaged with counterfeit labels bearing Roche’s registered U.S. trademarks and fake expiration dates.
  • Amazon is not a defendant in the case but is alleged to have held the counterfeit products at U.S. facilities and shipped them to customers.
  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Amazon really should be a defendant in this case. The counterfeiting situation with them (and some other online retailers) is a huge problem when it comes to products that can impact health and safety. And they need to be held accountable too.

    The problem is that too often Amazon just dumps products of the same kind into bins in their fulfillment warehouse without sufficiently checking if some are counterfeit. This means buyers think they are purchasing a legit product, but it’s a coin toss whether they get an authentic one or whether they get a counterfeit item.