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PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

Fight the Fakes Alliance launches report on Identifying Critical Enablers in the Prevention, Detection, and Response to Substandard and Falsified Medicines

This report highlights the urgent need for enhanced education, collaboration, and country-based initiatives to curb the growing global crisis. Geneva, Switzerland July 29th, 2024 – Fight the Fakes Alliance (FTFA) has released its white paper on Identifying Critical Enablers in the Prevention, Detection, and Response to Substandard and Falsified Medicines . Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 9 monthsJuly 30, 2024 ago

RESOURCES

APEC Launches Supply Chain Security Toolkit for Medical Products

On Friday, 26th July, the FDA, FTFA member USP, and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) announced the launch of the new web-based version of APEC’s Supply Chain Security (SCS) Toolkit, an essential resource designed to enhance the quality and security of medical products across the global supply chain. Securing Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 9 monthsJuly 30, 2024 ago

UPDATES

New York Times’ Article on the Rise of Counterfeit Ozempic and the Risk of Buying Drugs Online

On July 12, 2024, the New York Times published an article on the rise of counterfeit Ozempic and highlighting the greater risk of buying drugs online. The article interviewed a member of Fight the Fake Alliance, Shabbir Imber Safdar, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines. You can access Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 9 monthsJuly 23, 2024 ago

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The growing threat of SFs featured in an article by newspaper Swissinfo

On July 4, 2024, Swissinfo published an article on the growing problem of fake medicines on their front page. The article quotes a number of Fight the Fakes Alliance (FTFA) members including the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and the Alliance itself. The piece highlights that Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 10 monthsJuly 11, 2024 ago

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SFs featured at Global Health Security Conference in Sydney

Fight the Fakes Alliance member, Adam Aspinall, recently attended the Global Health Security Conference in Sydney on behalf of Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). At the conference, a forum that engages stakeholders to help achieve a healthier and safer world, Aspinall discussed the need to protect against substandard and falsified Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 10 monthsJuly 9, 2024 ago

EVENTS

Let’s Talk about the Fakes: Webinar with Dr. Asma Buanz

King’s College London Fight the Fakes will welcome Dr. Asma Buanz in its next webinar about SFs on Thursday, 20 June! The issue of substandard and fake medical products (SFs) has been on the rise with e-commerce platforms providing easy access to such products, and there is an increased need Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 10 monthsJune 19, 2024 ago

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SF Pulse | May 2024

Our second SF Pulse Issue is out! SF Pulse is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to elevate important issues and relevant stories shaping the ongoing fight against substandard and falsified medical products (SFs). Read the full issue here: https://bit.ly/3WJlWDL

By Fight the Fakes, 11 monthsJune 4, 2024 ago

EVENTS

Substandard and Falsified (SF) Medical Products in Francophone Sub‑Saharan African Countries with Raffaella Ravinetto

King’s College London Fight the Fakes will host a webinar about the response to substandard and falsified (SF) medical products in francophone Sub-Saharan African countries with Raffaella Ravinetto, PharmD, PhD, Head of the Public Health Department, and a professor in pharmaceutical public health, at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 1 yearApril 16, 2024 ago

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SF Pulse | March 2024

The first issue of our newsletter, SF Pulse, is out! 💊 SF Pulse is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to elevate important issues and relevant stories shaping the ongoing fight against substandard and falsified medical products (SFs). Check it out 👉 SF Pulse

By Fight the Fakes, 1 yearMarch 28, 2024 ago

EVENTS

Bad Medicines From the Streets: Unveiling the Reality in Africa

Join us in confronting a critical issue that affects communities across Africa. Pharmacy students from Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Ivory Coast have come together to expose the harsh truth about fake and substandard medicines. Many of these students were once victims, and now, armed with knowledge, they are Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 1 yearDecember 6, 2023 ago