This week Fight the Fakes partner the University College London School of Pharmacy was at University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Harvard University, speaking with students, faculty and campus visitors about the dangers of fake medicines.
Today on World Malaria Day, Fight the Fakes partner the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) updates its World Malaria Risk Chart and How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria Whitepaper. The Chart outlines risk areas around the world, including regions affected by anti-malarial drug resistance. Both documents mention the risk of counterfeit anti-malarial Read more…
My name is Abraham Dzidonu and I was born in Ghana. I studied Chemistry at the University of Ghana and Pharmacy in Mainz, Germany, and later worked with Alliance Boots Pharmacy, UK. Since 2007, I have been Team Leader responsible for Quality Assurance at the Doc-Morris Mail Order Pharmacy in Read more…
If you walk into the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London and head to the gallery “Living and Dying”, you’ll find the installation “Cradle to Grave” – a glimmering showcase of life in contemporary Britain amongst exhibits from the Pacific Islands. Two lengths of textile rest under a glass sheet, one Read more…
I am Venus Lam, a final year student in UCL School of Pharmacy. I was born and raised in Hong Kong where a sound legislative system and strict regulations on pharmaceutical industry are in place. in parts of mainland China, just across the border, pharmaceutical quality and control can be Read more…
This week Fight the Fakes is at the Geneva Health Forum (19-21 April), sharing information and resources about fake medicines with global health experts and students from university hospitals, public and private sectors, international organisations and NGOs. For three days, Fight the Fakes hosts a booth with display materials, quizzes about fake medicines, Read more…
Hi, my name is Sadia Baksh and I have been born and brought up in the hustle and bustle of London. I am keen to raise awareness of fake medicines, as their impact across the world is devastating. In London, I do not feel fake medicines to pose me any Read more…
(FR) La falsification des médicaments, les médicaments falsifiés, constitue un fléau mondial dont le trafic ne cesse de croître. Dans tous les pays, notamment dans ceux en développement, un préjudice grave est créé à l’égard des malades qui ne peuvent bénéficier d’un accès à des médicaments de qualité en vue Read more…
(FR) A l’initiative de l’Académie nationale de médecine et de son Président honoraire, le Professeur Marc Gentilini, le rapport “Médicaments falsifiés : plus qu’un scandale, un crime”, rédigé en commun avec l’Académie nationale de Pharmacie et l’Académie Vétérinaire de France, a été présenté publiquement le mardi 5 avril 2016. Le Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner the US Pharmacopeial Convention’s (USP) Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training (CePAT) in Accra, Ghana today opens a new pharmaceutical microbiology laboratory to test the contents of medicines in Africa. The state-of-the-art laboratory will train pharmaceutical and regulatory professionals to identify medicines contaminated with microorganisms, such as bacteria. Such Read more…