Fight the Fakes partner, the World Medical Association (WMA) will gather in Chicago from October 11-14 for its Annual General Assembly. The event will include committee meetings and debates with a keynote speech of Dr. Antoni Fauci, an American immunologist and head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) will host its 77th International Congress in Seoul, Korea from September 10-14, 2017. During the four days, the event will bring together international pharmacy professionals and pharmaceutical scientists to discuss the need for high quality help and advice. The program includes a Read more…
This article was originally published in: Intellectual Property Watch Brief: Leadership Rotation For Fight The Fakes Campaign 09/02/2017 BY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WATCH A new industry group today took the reins of the Fight the Fakes campaign, a growing coalition against fake medicines, the first rotation in leadership since its launch in Read more…
As a child growing up in Cameroon, I watched family members die from various diseases due to a lack of access to adequate medical treatment. I witnessed first-hand, and heard many more stories, of street peddlers selling all kinds of drugs, be it counterfeit or not, to gullible customers who Read more…
Another step in the fight against fake medicines has been taken as Burkina Faso ratified the Medicrime Convention on July 27, 2017. The West African country becomes the 10th state to ratify the convention against counterfeiting of medicines and devices. There are another 17 signatory countries to the convention. Promoted Read more…
Fight The Fakes partner International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation will meet in Taiwan on July 31st for their annual World Congress. The 10 days event will include conferences, training sessions and learning visits for young pharmacists who will lead the pharmacy of tomorrow. The congress provides them an excellent opportunity to share Read more…
The possibility for falsified medicines to access the market is determined by multiple factors, but appropriate legal tools – both to control and regulate the supply chain and to punish the suppliers – are the cornerstone of the fight against counterfeit drugs. Fight the Fakes partner, Partnership for Safe Medicines, Read more…
Some people, especially in the US and the EU, associate falsified medicines only with low and middle-income countries, thinking that there are very few chances that they could face this danger. However, it is a common mistake. Every US State has had a counterfeit drug incident since 2000, as highlights Read more…
Fake medicines are not just useless. They often contain ingredients that are harmful – in the best case – and deadly – in the worst. Fight the Fakes partner Partnership for Safe Medicines released a Brochure on real dangers of fake drugs. Some patients expose themselves to the danger of fake medicines in Read more…
On July 28th, Fight the Fakes raises awareness around World Hepatitis Day. According to WHO 2015 World Hepatitis report, 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, altogether responsible for 95% of all hepatitis mortality. Over 95% of people with hepatitis Read more…