Fight the Fakes Alliance: Official statement to COVID-19 and falsified medical products The Fight the Fakes Alliance is deeply concerned by the significant threat that the current COVID-19 pandemic poses to global health progress. It is not yet clear how this crisis will impact our society in the long term, Read more…
On 10 March, a panel discussion entitled “Why the African Medicines Agency? Why Now?” organised by Fight The Fakes members IAPO and IFPMA took place at the Africa Health Agenda International Conference 2021. The session sought to explain why the African Medicines Agency (AMA) is key to achieving Universal Health Coverage Read more…
Don’t miss the second GS1 Executive Dialogue focusing on securing trust in the global COVID-19 supply chain! After a successful first edition, GS1 Healthcare is back with a new line-up of speakers to showcase practical experiences and recommendations for the use of global standards to achieve safe and efficient distribution Read more…
The Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford have released their latest Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 issues, with results from February 2021. In this issue, 55 new alerts on COVID-19 products were reported on the Medicines Read more…
On 7 March 2021 began the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Kyoto, Japan, with the aim of renewing global cooperation against crime to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and recover from the pandemic. The Kyoto Declaration was adopted during the event where governments agreed to Read more…
The latest ‘Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 Issues’ from Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford from December 2020 highlights the rise of substandard and falsified medicines linked to COVID-19. Throughout 2020 the MQM Globe database tracked and identified over Read more…
The AHAIC 2021 conference will take place from 8th to 10th March this year, hosted by Amref Health Africa. This African-led global convening is expected to attract over 1,800 delegates from over 40 countries, to discuss systems and innovations needed to enable Africa to achieve Universal Health Coverage. With a virtual Read more…
Fight The Fakes’ Academic/Youth chapters never cease to amaze us! We are delighted with their energy and dedication in the fight against substandard and fake medicines. King’s College London Fight the Fakes chapter has organised a seminar series on fake medicines. The upcoming seminar – 26th May at 15h CET Read more…
PRESS RELEASE Patients, product development partnerships and private health sector representatives call for the rapid ratification of the African Medicines Agency Treaty to speed up timelines to vaccines and medicines approval London / Geneva, 5 February 2021 – On the eve of the 34th African Union Summit, two years after Read more…
This is a statement made at the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board on Agenda item 10: Substandard and falsified medical products by members of the Fight the Fakes Alliance. On behalf of the World Heart Federation, International Alliance of Patient Organizations, International Council of Nurses, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Read more…