INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
Myth 4- Think there are good quality fake medicines?
Fake medicines have not undergone any quality control or been approved by qualified government officials.
Fake medicines have not undergone any quality control or been approved by qualified government officials.
When counterfeit medicines are used in the place of life-saving products, patients are put in serious risk!
The fastest growing trends in fake medicines are knock offs of livesaving medicines.
Counterfeiters do not discriminate. Their fakes infiltrate the supply chain and pass themselves off as brand-name or generic medicines.
To view the full ‘Nurses join worldwide effort to protect patients from fake medicines‘ article in the International Nursing Review, click here.
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