I am an endocrinologist. This is a story reflecting the human suffering caused by illegal erectile dysfunction pills (“ED pills”). The young man lies there on the hospital bed. His vital signs are normal, he is still sleeping and has a feeding tube coming out from his nose. I Read more…
The government of Finland is stepping up action to prevent counterfeit medicines from entering the country’s drug supply chain. When importing into Finland from outside the European Economic Area (EEA), the amended Finnish Medicines Act requires ingredients intended to be used in medicines to hold a written authority statement stipulating Read more…
PharmaCheck, a cutting-edge, inexpensive, portable tool capable of detecting poor quality medicines, has been selected by Scientific American as one of the science magazine’s “World Changing Ideas of 2013 — Ten ways science may jazz up our gadgets, help to solve our most intractable problems and save lives.” In collaboration Read more…
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President Barack Obama has signed into effect the Drug Quality and Security Act to protect the US public from fake and contaminated medicines. This law will make it easier to trace drugs through the US supply chain and contains anti-counterfeiting drug provisions. Pew Charitable Trust reports that the Act has Read more…
Stakeholders at a seminar organised by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and Helpline Trust have called for the establishment of a regulatory authority to combat the country’s problem of fake medicines. Health professionals and policy influences warned that a lack of action against counterfeit medicines was tarnishing the credibility of Read more…
Inspector General of the Global Fund has appointed Katie Hodson as the new Director of Investigations starting from January 2014. Ms. Hodson has 20 years of experience in conducting and supervising investigations including cases of counterfeiting. To learn more read the Global Fund’s news release here.
As Advisor on Lilly’s Global Product Protection Technical Team, Mike Dalton oversees technical personnel who conduct authentication testing of samples of suspected counterfeit medicines. The Global Product Protection Technical Team serves as one piece of an integrated network of experts inside and outside of Lilly work as a cohesive unit Read more…
As more and more patients look to the Internet for the supply of medicines, IFPMA, PhRMA, EFPIA, and JPMA are united in the effort to protect their safety. We are committed to promoting access to safe and efficacious medicines, advocating for robust patient education and awareness, and combating unsafe medicines, Read more…
