German pharmacist sold watered-down cancer medication - Sensationalist Headlines

[t]http://m.dw.com/image/41358878_303.jpg[/t] [QUOTE]A German pharmacist has gone on trial accused of preparing watered-down cancer medications for reasons of financial gain. The affair is one of the biggest medical scandals in Germany in decades A court in the western German city of Essen on Monday began the trial of a pharmacist accused of having endangered patients and causing huge financial damage to the health system by mixing thousands of doses of cancer drugs with too few active ingredients. The 47-year-old man, identified only as Peter S. in accordance with German privacy laws, is facing charges of having violated Germany's medicinal products law in 61,980 cases between 2012 and 2016. Prosecutors say that the defendant, who worked in the town of Bottrop in Germany's industrial Ruhr district, claimed the full costs for preparing the medicines from public health insurance companies while skimping on the ingredients. They say he caused the companies some €56 million ($65 million) in financial damage over 59 months. Thousands of patients in six German states are also thought to have been affected.[/QUOTE] [url]http://m.dw.com/en/cancer-drug-scandal-german-pharmacist-goes-on-trial/a-41358673[/url]

Why is something this important not checked by multiple (maybe even independent) parties? It seems unreasonable there is no quality control on the medicine. It doesn't even have to be purposefully watered down. If a pharmacist makes a mistake apparently thousands of people could be boned.

[QUOTE=DrDevil;52885832]Why is something this important not checked by multiple (maybe even independent) parties? It seems unreasonable there is no quality control on the medicine. It doesn't even have to be purposefully watered down. If a pharmacist makes a mistake apparently thousands of people could be boned.[/QUOTE] Part of the problem with these cases is a lack of qualified people who will accept bureaucratic oversight as a job. I cant imagine there is an MD out there that wants to be in charge of scrutinizing other people's prescriptions as their main job. I would imagine the people who verify these aren't pharma experts or are MDs trying to rush the process

[QUOTE]61,980 cases between 2012 and 2016[/QUOTE] Holy moly

why do I have the bad feeling that my family has been a victim of this without even knowing about it how evil and selfish can someone be?

[QUOTE=Gorgus;52885813][t]http://m.dw.com/image/41358878_303.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] this is one of the most pointless pictures ever [editline]13th November 2017[/editline] i guess you can tell he is bald and wears glasses

Where's Archer when you need him? This is some next level evil shit.

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;52886508]this is one of the most pointless pictures ever [editline]13th November 2017[/editline] i guess you can tell he is bald and wears glasses[/QUOTE] The man looks like a bond villain, what more do you need to know?