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…
ICN: Nurses target fake medicines to inform nurses and to provide them with the tools to tackle this growing problem. Download the information and action toolkit. ICN : Le crime des contrefaçons – Les infirmières ciblent les faux médicaments. Télécharger le dossier d’information et d’action.
IRACM Study Report on Counterfeit Medicines and Criminal Organizations: download it. Rapport d’Etude de l’IRACM sur la Contrefacon de Medicaments et les Organisations Criminelles : téléchargez-le ici (French link).
