This statement was made at the World Health Assembly by the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) on behalf of all Fight the Fakes partners. Meeting: Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly (A69/1) Agenda Item: 16.3 Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products Speaker: Ana Duarte, IPSF Statement: Honorable Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Today, IPSF speaks on behalf Read more…
This article was originally published in IP Watch. Brief: Europe Medicines Group Joins Initiative To Fight Fake Medicines 27/05/2016 BY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WATCH Medicines for Europe, representing the generic, biosimilar, and medicines in Europe, announced today during a side event at the World Health Assembly, that it joined the Global Campaign Read more…
We are proud to announce Medicines for Europe (formerly European Generics Association) as a Partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! Medicines for Europe represents the generic, biosimilar and value added medicines industries across Europe. Its vision is to provide sustainable access to high quality medicines, based on 5 important pillars: patients, quality, Read more…
Fight the Fakes is pleased to announce an event at the 69th World Health Assembly (23-28 May 2016). The event, co-organized by the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), will take place on Friday 27, May in the Geneva headquarters of Read more…
This week Fight the Fakes partner the University College London School of Pharmacy was at University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Harvard University, speaking with students, faculty and campus visitors about the dangers of fake medicines.
Today on World Malaria Day, Fight the Fakes partner the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) updates its World Malaria Risk Chart and How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria Whitepaper. The Chart outlines risk areas around the world, including regions affected by anti-malarial drug resistance. Both documents mention the risk of counterfeit anti-malarial Read more…
My name is Abraham Dzidonu and I was born in Ghana. I studied Chemistry at the University of Ghana and Pharmacy in Mainz, Germany, and later worked with Alliance Boots Pharmacy, UK. Since 2007, I have been Team Leader responsible for Quality Assurance at the Doc-Morris Mail Order Pharmacy in Read more…
If you walk into the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London and head to the gallery “Living and Dying”, you’ll find the installation “Cradle to Grave” – a glimmering showcase of life in contemporary Britain amongst exhibits from the Pacific Islands. Two lengths of textile rest under a glass sheet, one Read more…
I am Venus Lam, a final year student in UCL School of Pharmacy. I was born and raised in Hong Kong where a sound legislative system and strict regulations on pharmaceutical industry are in place. in parts of mainland China, just across the border, pharmaceutical quality and control can be Read more…
This week Fight the Fakes is at the Geneva Health Forum (19-21 April), sharing information and resources about fake medicines with global health experts and students from university hospitals, public and private sectors, international organisations and NGOs. For three days, Fight the Fakes hosts a booth with display materials, quizzes about fake medicines, Read more…