This article was originally published on SciDevNet on 14 December 2020. New alliance seeks to fight ‘plague’ of fake medicines One in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified — WHO COVID-19 has resulted in a surge in falsified medical products Collaboration and transparent reporting needed Read more…
The original article was originally published on Health Policy Watch on 7 December 2020. New Alliance Formed To Fight Fake COVID-19 Vaccines & Medicines – In Wake Of Interpol Warning Of Looming Threat The approval of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine candidate last week in the United Kingdom is stoking fears that Read more…
Our academic partner the University College London (UCL) is celebrating this year’s Fight the Fakes Week by hosting various events throughout the week: Zoom discussion with Dr Patrick Hymel, CEO of Medsnap, Neil Walsh, UN Chief of Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Department at UNODC, and Oksana Read more…
A broad alliance, a crucial mission: A new multi-stakeholder association to combat falsified medicines Seven years since its first activities as a grass-roots advocacy campaign, Fight the Fakes announces the creation of the Fight the Fakes Alliance, a new non-profit association with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The coronavirus pandemic Read more…
The Fight the Fakes Alliance and its members work to effectively tackle the growing global burden of substandard and falsified medicines to safeguard public health and strengthen health systems.
Our academic partner the Medical University Warsaw is hosting a conference on the topic of “Pharmaceutical crime during the COVID-19 pandemic” on the occasion of this year’s FTF Week! It will take place online on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, from 3-7pm! The University is planning to hold second event in Read more…
During this year’s Fight the Fakes Week, our academic chapter, Kings College London will be hosting a series of exciting webinars to help raise awareness about the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines – through the pandemic and beyond! The webinars will explore different aspects of the issue of Read more…
The World Antimicrobial Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to stop the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The theme for this year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is “United to Read more…
Geneva Health Forum 2020 This year’s virtual Geneva Health Forum will take place on the 16-19th November. Fight the Fakes will have a virtual booth to raise awareness on the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines to a wider audience. To visit our booth and enjoy the forum register Read more…
The World Health Summit session entitled “Fighting Falsified and Substandard (SF) Medicines during the COVID-19 Crisis” took place on the 27th of October and explored the challenges the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic placed on stakeholders to control and combat rising levels of SF medicines. Although the pandemic has exposed how widespread Read more…