This article was originally posted in: Intellectual Property Watch WHO Board Agrees To Drop The Word ‘Counterfeit’ After 30 Years 30/01/2017 BY WILLIAM NEW, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WATCH For nearly 30 years, the United Nations World Health Organization has been referring to poor-quality and fake medicines as counterfeit. But that is Read more…
The World Health Organization and its member states have identified substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products as a serious threat to patients and public health. SSFFC medicinal products were discussed today by the WHO Executive Board and its member states. Fight the Fakes is pleased to announce that partners FIP and IFPMA Read more…
Ever wondered what to look out for when buying a medicine online? Our partner the International Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM) is relaunching its 12 Golden Rules campaign. The campaign aims to protect the health of patients and the wider public by providing practical advice on how to buy Read more…
Fake medicines pose a threat to patient safety, as they are often manufactured in unlicensed, unregulated and often unsanitary sites, and it can be impossible to know what’s inside them without chemical analysis. They can contain the wrong dose of active pharmaceutical ingredient, the wrong ingredients or even harmful substances. See the feature Read more…
Now that France has ratified the Medicrime Convention, the International Institute for Research against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM), the only international entity entirely dedicated to combatting counterfeit healthcare products, appealed to all the countries that signed it to rally together and implement this convention as soon as possible, thereby protecting all Read more…
The Medicrime Convention is the only international legal instrument that has made it a criminal offence to produce and distribute fake medical products or commit similar crimes. Developed by the Council of Europe to protect public health, the Convention was adopted on 8 December 2010. It provides for the enforcement of Read more…
A l’occasion de l’entrée en vigueur de la Convention Médicrime en France, l’IRACM appelle tous les pays signataires à la ratifier au plus vite. Face à la menace croissante que représentent les faux médicaments, en particulier avec le développement de la vente sur internet, la ratification de la convention Médicrime permet Read more…
La Convention Médicrime est l’unique instrument juridique pénal international criminalisant la fabrication et la distribution de faux produits médicaux ainsi que des infractions similaires. Développée par le Conseil de l’Europe pour protéger la santé publique, la convention Médicrime a été adoptée le 8 décembre 2010. Elle prévoit l’application de sanctions Read more…
Would you be able to tell a real medicine from a fake one? This important question is being posed to the public, health care professionals and policymakers by the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) in a new video. This uses the interactive function of YouTube. Viewers are asked to choose Read more…
This week the BBC published an article on combating fake medicines in Africa. With fake anti-malarial medicines killing thousands a year, the article not only highlights the devastating effects of fake medicines, it also includes the work of innovative start-ups using technology to combat the problem. From invisible printing to SMS Read more…