We are proud to announce Cittadinanzattiva and its international interface Active Citizenship Network (ACN) as a member of the Fight the Fakes campaign! With a view to mobilising and supporting citizen organisations in the fight against dangerous fake medicines and working together to ensure patient safety, Fight the Fakes is Read more…
Fight the Fakes congratulates Ashifi Gogo, Founder of Partner Sproxil, in being awarded Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year award. Fake medicines present a real threat to patients and to public health as a whole. Empowering patients with the ability to distinguish life-saving medicines from live-threating counterfeits is one Read more…
(French/English) Alors qu’on les achète pour se soigner, les médicaments de la rue tuent. Nombreux sont ceux qui achètent leurs médicaments au bord de la route car ils sont meilleur marché. Dans de nombreux cas, c’est un parent ou une connaissance qui vous conseille de tenter le coup. Il est Read more…
On September 18, 2014 in Washington, DC thought leaders, policy makers, patient advocates, law enforcement, medicine makers, suppliers and pharmacists will gather to discuss the state of patient safety in a world with counterfeit drugs. Learn what leaders are doing about the problems of counterfeit drugs. Speakers from the World Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has awarded a Global Fellowship to a chemistry graduate student from the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, for his work related to fake medicine detection. The fellow, Nicholas Myers, supports Professor Marya Lieberman in the development of the Paper Analytical Read more…
The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has joined with the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) to combat the threat posed by the illegal online sale of medicines. Fake medicines sold online are a huge threat – more than 50% of medicines sold worldwide from illegal online sources are fake. This Read more…
August 1st to 10th this year saw our Partner, the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation’s, annual congress in Porto, Portugal. The congress is the biggest and the most important annual event for pharmacy students, and this year hosted more than 750 participants from all over the world. The busy agenda included Read more…
While training to be a pharmacist, have you ever thought about the risk of fake medicines to patients in your country and how it might affect your job? Fake medicines put patients at risk and undermines advancements in public health. People believe they are receiving genuine treatment, but instead they Read more…
