Our partner the European Healthcare Distribution Association (GIRP) is hosting an event on Managing Risk in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain on 8-9 March 2017 in Brussels. The conference will discuss how the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare distributors and other partners in the supply chain can manage risk when storing and transporting medicines Read more…
On 15 February 2016, the Anti-counterfeit Network Africa was launched in Uganda to help in the fight against production & supply of fake medicines. Fake medicines are very difficult to detect and can appear identical to the genuine product. However, they fail to treat the patient correctly and in some cases can Read more…
With 26 signatories and 5 ratifying countries, Burkina Faso became the latest country to sign the Medicrime convention on the 17 February 2017. Adopted in 2010 by the Council of Europe and entering into force in 2016, the Medicrime convention is the first international legal treaty to protect patients from Read more…
To download the press release, click here. Press Release: Alternance à la tête de la campagne mondiale de prévention contre les faux médicaments Fight the Fakes Dès aujourd’hui, l’International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW) (Fédération internationale des répartiteurs pharmaceutiques) assure le secrétariat de Fight the Fakes (« Contrer les contrefaçons »), Read more…
Fight the Fakes Press Release: Leadership rotation at Fight the Fakes, the worldwide campaign to protect people from fake medicines Today the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW) begins its role as secretariat of Fight the Fakes, the global campaign to raise awareness of the threat fake medicines pose to people Read more…
This article was originally published in: Securing Industry PR: Leadership rotation at Fight the Fakes, the worldwide campaign to protect people from fake medicines 09-Feb-2017 Entering the campaign’s fourth year, Fight the Fakes is pleased to announce the rotation of its secretariat to the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW), Read more…
Launched in November 2013, Fight the Fakes has grown into a coalition of over 30 organizations, including healthcare professionals, academia, NGOs, the generic and research-based pharmaceutical industry, healthcare distributers, and consumer protection organizations. Fight the Fakes is pleased to announce the transition of its secretariat to the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Read more…
This article was originally posted in: Intellectual Property Watch WHO Board Agrees To Drop The Word ‘Counterfeit’ After 30 Years 30/01/2017 BY WILLIAM NEW, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WATCH For nearly 30 years, the United Nations World Health Organization has been referring to poor-quality and fake medicines as counterfeit. But that is Read more…
The World Health Organization and its member states have identified substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products as a serious threat to patients and public health. SSFFC medicinal products were discussed today by the WHO Executive Board and its member states. Fight the Fakes is pleased to announce that partners FIP and IFPMA Read more…
Now that France has ratified the Medicrime Convention, the International Institute for Research against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM), the only international entity entirely dedicated to combatting counterfeit healthcare products, appealed to all the countries that signed it to rally together and implement this convention as soon as possible, thereby protecting all Read more…