In September 2016, UN Member States adopted Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance calling for the establishment of a group to provide practical guidance towards global action on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). AMR is what happens when a microorganism, instead of being cured by medication, becomes resistant to Read more…
We are proud to announce Commonwealth Pharmacist Association as a Partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! The Commonwealth Pharmacist Association (CPA) advances health, promotes wellbeing and improves education for the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth. It supports the development of safe and effective systems of medicines management, healthier lifestyles, and Read more…
On Saturday 11th March our partners at the UCL School of Pharmacy were among those teaching the next generation of pharmacists how to stop fake medicines in their tracks. The students from the South of England had assembled at the UCL School of Pharmacy to discuss cardiology, and recorded their Read more…
From anti-counterfeiting legislation to serialisation and online pharmacies, hardly a stone was left unturned in a two-day discussion at the 3rd Anti-Counterfeiting Pharma Conference in Kensington, London. On 7-8 March 2017 delegates from leading organisations in health and science debated strategies and measures to combat counterfeiting at the 3rtd Anti-Counterfeiting Read more…
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…