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The Medicrime Convention, the first binding international instrument in the criminal law field that focuses on the criminal act of counterfeiting medical products and other crimes that threaten public health is celebrating its 10 year anniversary! 28 October 2021 marked the 10th Anniversary since the MEDICRIME Convention  opening for signature in Moscow. To celebrate this milestone, the Council of Europe has organized an online event that will take place on 2 December at 15h CET. Read more…

The GS1 Healthcare Online Summit is a 3-day event (16 -18 November 2021) organised by GS1, who is one of the founding members of the recently launched Fight the Fakes Alliance. The event offers the opportunity to understand how global standards are being used across all parts of the healthcare supply chain – to help enable traceability and authenticity of products, in hospital clinical and supply processes, and in distribution. During the third day of Read more…

AMR is considered one of the top 10 global public health threats to humanity. Among the causes of AMR is the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, the constrained access to quality, affordable medicines, vaccines and diagnostics, and falsified or substandard antibiotics. Today the dangers of falsified & substandard products related to COVID-19, such as vaccines and diagnostics, but also the misuse of antibiotics for treating complications related to COVID-19 is exacerbating the global health burden. Read more…

Update: you can now rewatch the event! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZqn0br4fWMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjMmOJtjVKw Session 1: Policy and Legislation in fighting falsified medicines Session 2: Regulation industry response to falsified medicines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOM2y50djA Session 3: Awareness Creation and Community Response Posted on 6 June 2021. Fight the Fakes Alliance’s member IFPMA (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations) is joining hands with local Pharmaceutical Industry Associations from across the African continent to tackle the topic of falsified medicines and chart a robust Read more…