To continue the discussion from the following link,
there was a follow-up article on the WSJ Blog:
Bialik, Carl, 2010. Dubious origins for drugs, and stats about them. The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 10.
This is from the article (regarding the extent of counterfeit drugs),
“It is a wild guess made by someone,” said Albert Wertheimer, professor in Temple University’s school of pharmacy, “that, now, everyone quotes.”
If the original estimate was a "wild guess," why was it published in the first place? Many people based important decisions from this data, and now it is suspect along with being recanted by WHO and FDA. Amazing!
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