INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
Counterfeit Medicines in Legitimate Supply Chains, Conclusions
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UPDATES
Fighting Fakes: an Rx-360 Symposium
Today kicks off the Rx-360 symposium with global thought leaders on the topic of combating fake medicines. Fake medicines, which entail intentionally adulterated products, threaten patient safety and are a dangerous crime. Collaboration between organizations in the public and private sectors is essential to protect patients from this threat to public Read more…
INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
Oper@tion Hippocr@tes: Fight against online fake medicine
Oper@tion Hippocr@tes is a project which aims to develop and strengthen expertise in tackling the trade of fake medicine through internet. The project facilitates the exchange of best practices and develops common trainings for financial investigators and financial criminal analysts, notably based on the “training of trainers” principle to improve Read more…
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14th Conference of International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
This week hundreds of experts and professionals dedicated to the advancement of the specialty of travel medicine gather in Québec City, Canada, for the 14th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM). Our partner the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) is at the conference, sharing its experience in making the Read more…
PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS
IFPMA and FIP deliver statements at 68th World Health Assembly
The World Health Organization and its member states have identified substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products as a serious risk to patients and public health, and in 2012 set up the Member State mechanism to align national efforts against these dangerous products. Reports on the mechanism thus far show achievements made at global regional and Read more…
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IAMAT joins as Partner of Fight the Fakes
We are proud to announce the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) as a new partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! IAMAT is an organization that aims to make the world a safer, healthier place to travel in. By providing impartial health information and a worldwide network of English-speaking Read more…
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Buy Safe Rx Campaign
With the proliferation of illegal online pharmacies, Fight the Fakes partner the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), an international non-profit organization, has launched “Buy Safe Rx”, a new campaign to educate consumers about the potentially life-threatening health and financial risks associated with buying prescription medicines online from illegal sellers and provide Read more…
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Protecting Students from Fake Medicines
Each year millions of people die through consuming counterfeit medicines. In May 2014 9.6 million fake and illicit medicines were detected within an Interpol operation. Counterfeit medications are no longer uniquely an issue within developing countries; as through increasing online trade, more developed nations are affected as well. As such, Read more…
INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
The threat of drug resistant malaria
The spread of drug resistant strains of the malaria parasite in the Greater Mekong Subregion of Southeast Asia is a growing global issue, which threatens to undermine the great progress made in tackling the disease over the last decade. This is a threat that requires each person exposed to malaria Read more…
STORIES
Fighting Fake Medicines: Where Technology meets Social Justice
My name is Muhammad Hamid Zaman and I am a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston University. I grew up in Islamabad, Pakistan. There were plenty of stories about counterfeit and fake medicines all around me. It was, unfortunately, accepted as one of the many problems that Read more…