Drug counterfeiting has increased significantly in Latin America in recent years. This new Latin America perception study by Sanofi was conducted in December 2016 and is based on the responses of over 7,000 individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Colombia. The purpose of the questions asked is to Read more…
Drug counterfeiting has increased significantly in Latin America in recent years. This new Latin America perception study by Sanofi was conducted in December 2016 and is based on the responses of over 7,000 individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Colombia. The purpose of the questions asked is to Read more…
It may seem like everyone is shopping online, but buying prescription medicines online has never been riskier! There are more than 35,000 online pharmacies at any given time, but only 1,400 of those sites are safe and legal. This means you can’t trust 96% of them! Read ASOP’s brochure on the dangers Read more…
Watch the President of the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA), Raymond Anderson, speak about NCDs and the role of Fight the Fakes campaign in his intervention at CPA’s side event at the World Health Assembly on the role of the next generation in addressing non-communicable diseases. The full transcript can be Read more…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
