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PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS
IPSF and IFPMA deliver statements at the 70th World Health Assembly
Fight the Fakes partners, the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), made statements at the 70th World Health Assembly meeting on Member State mechanism on substandard/spurious/falselylabelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products. IPSF statement Meeting: Seventieth World Health Assembly (A70/1) Agenda Item: 13.6 Member State mechanism on substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit Read more…
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Activities at the 70th World Health Assembly
This week the 70th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place in Geneva, Switzerland. On 25th May, Fight the Fakes partner the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) is co-hosting a panel discussion on the role of the next generation in addressing non-communicable diseases. The event will take place from 18:00-19:30 Read more…
INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
Raising Awareness of Falsified Medicines
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) has launched a comprehensive online resource on tackling falsified medicines. The online platform describes IFPMA’s positioning and activities on many of the issues related to medicines’ falsification. Structured into five sections, it provides a user-friendly, comprehensive interpretation of all aspects of this Read more…
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GIRP 58th Annual Meeting and Conference
The European Healthcare Distribution Association holds its Annual Meeting and Conference on 28-30 May. The programme will look at four different areas: Visions for the future of healthcare distribution Medicine verification systems in Europe Patient-centered approach The value of Big Data in healthcare Verifying and tracking medicines is a crucial part Read more…
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World Malaria Day 2017
On Tuesday 25 April we raise awareness of World Malaria Day. Malaria as a disease that disproportionately impacts children, women and the developing world more broadly, and is largely preventable given the right medication and treatment. Unfortunately, according to the WHO 1/3 of antimalarial medicines in Africa, where most of Read more…
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Attacking Fake Medicines From All Sides
Blog by Luc Besançon, Chief Executive Officer at Fight the Fakes partner the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). This blog was originally posted by Fight the Fakes partner the US Pharmacopeial Convention. Fake medicines kill an estimated one million people annually. We know, for example, that almost a third of Africa’s antimalarials supply Read more…
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Frontier Myanmar: The fight against fake drugs
This article was originally published in: Frontier Myanmar The fight against fake drugs MARCH 31, 2017 The fake drugs widely available in Myanmar are a threat to public health, an obstacle to combating the spread of treatment-resistant malaria and part of a global trade worth an estimated $75 billion. By Read more…
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New campaign on safe antibiotics to combat AMR
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…