Concerns about the availability of substandard and counterfeit medicines prompted USAID and PQM to establish Medicines Quality Monitoring (MQM) programs in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean to mitigate the significant negative impact of their use on the public’s health. This online Medicines Quality Database (MQDB) Read more…
ICN: Nurses target fake medicines to inform nurses and to provide them with the tools to tackle this growing problem. Download the poster here. ICN : Le crime des contrefaçons – Les infirmières ciblent les faux médicaments. Télécharger le poster ici (French link). ICN : Las falsificaciones matan – Las Read more…
The Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM) has published a new online database, home to over 100 key technologies that can be used in the fight against counterfeit medicines. These systems include those used to authenticate, identify and trace products and use innovations such as holograms, code bubbles and Read more…
University College London (UCL) School of Pharmacy and the international research agency Matrix Insight study on the threats posed by falsified medicines and need for better coordinated global approaches to protect public health: the study highlights opportunities for a better coordinated international response to the threat of falsified medicines. The prevention of Read more…
LEEM websérie sur les médicaments à la maison : la nouvelle websérie du Leem « Médicaments à la maison » aborde avec pédagogie la question des comportements responsables à adopter face aux médicaments dans la vie de tous les jours. Faut-il lire et conserver la notice ? Pourquoi suivre la Read more…
The Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) and the Centre for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training (CePAT) of Ghana, a facility established by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), have formed an alliance in the fight against fake medicines. The partnership aims to build local capacities in pharmaceutical quality assurance and control. Dr. Stephen Read more…
Visit IRACM library, you will find multiple sources of information. Visitez la Bibliothèque de l’IRACM, vous y trouverez de multiples sources d’information. (French)
IFPMA and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) raise awareness on the danger of buying medicines on the Internet. Download the IFPMA – FIP brochure “The Threat of False Friends – Joining Efforts to Protect Patients”
IRACM publishes a free access online database of the key systems to fight against counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products: the authentication systems (overt and covert, analysis equipment, etc.), identification systems (data matrix) and traceability of pharmaceutical products on the market. Visit IRACM database to learn more about these tools.