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Fight the Fakes and the World Heart Federation call to Use ♥ to Connect

On the 29th of September, which officially marks World Heart Day, Fight the Fakes Alliance’s member the World Heart Federation will be launching their World Heart Day campaign, this year asking the world to “Use Heart to Connect“. The healthcare crisis we’ve all been living through has highlighted an urgent need to find different and innovative ways to connect people to heart health, particularly in lower resource areas and communities. To amplify the efforts of the Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsSeptember 21, 2021 ago

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REPOST: A world free of substandard and falsified medicines – A mini video series

In 2020 the UN launched an online campaign to commemorate the United Nation’s (UN) 75th anniversary, asking the public to fill out a survey in which they should express their dreams for the world and changes they would like to see in years to come. In line with this theme, Fight the Fakes collaborated with various partners to create a series of short videos to envision “A world free of substandard and falsified medicines”. This Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsSeptember 15, 2021 ago

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

U.S. Pharmacopeia’s new resources to fight substandard and falsified COVID-19 vaccines

Fight the Fakes’ member U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has recently launched a number of valuable materials to help identify substandard and falsified COVID-19 vaccines, which are free to the public. Substandard and falsified vaccines erode the public’s trust in vaccines and hinder our ability to control the COVID-19 pandemic. To help ensure the quality of vaccines, USP offers its quality standards, best practices, and insights to guide manufacturing, packaging, and release processes. Their goal is to Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsAugust 26, 2021 ago

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

ICMRA – Common technical denominators for traceability systems for medicines to allow for interoperability

The International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) has development of a policy paper on national traceability systems for medical products with a strong focus on interoperability. Interoperability is key in the fight against fake medicines as it enables common technical denominators that facilitate the exchange and use the information on medicines and their supply chains among different systems. In ICMRA’s words using track and trace systems “helps to protect public health by improving information sharing in case Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsAugust 25, 2021 ago

COVID-19

UPDATE: IDDO’s Medical Product Quality Reports on Covid-19 Supplies and Vaccines

In face of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) has been developing several Medical Product Quality Reports about substandard and falsified (SF) COVID-19 medical products and COVID-19 vaccines, which include data from scientific literature, public alerts and warnings, and lay press from across the world. These monthly reports aim to collate information and reports in the public domain on the quality of medicinal products that are currently in use, or that are Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsAugust 15, 2021 ago

EVENTS

Watch our WHA74 event: Old Problem, New Foes – Time to act against falsified medicines and vaccines for COVID-19

The World Health Organisation is celebrating the 74th World Health Assembly this week (24 May – 1 June) which will have a decisive impact on the global health agenda ahead of us. Fight The Fakes used this important occasion to put the spotlight on the dangers that the proliferation of substandard and falsified Covid-19 medicines and treatments is causing all over the globe. At our event – Old Problem, New Foes – Time to act Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 years ago

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

Combatting Substandard and Falsified medicines during COVID-19 pandemic

Fight The Fakes Alliances’ member U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) recently hosted an online workshop on ‘Combatting Substandard and Falsified medicines during COVID-19 pandemic’. In this workshop, composed of 6 sessions, USP experts and other relevant actors gave an overview of the work they carried out to detect substandard and falsified medicines during current pandemic. USP’s mission is to advance quality through knowledge and standards. Our member advocates for quality medicines and has had two broad areas of response Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsJuly 22, 2021 ago

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

How Can I Spot A Fake COVID-19 Vaccine?

Fake COVID-19 vaccines erode public trust in much-needed jabs and encourage vaccine hesitancy. No one likes to be scammed — but fake medication takes that uneasy feeling to another level because counterfeit medicines can kill or cause terrible complications and disabilities. That is why basically every country in the world has a drug regulation agency to ensure drugs are safe and effective. With medicines, there is no room for error — everything has to be Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsJuly 15, 2021 ago

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The African Medicines Agency Treaty Alliance (AMATA) launch

On 22nd June 2021, the high-level roundtable on ‘The African Medicines Agency : Vision and Strategy for the African Continent’ officially launched the African Medicines Agency Treaty Alliance (AMATA). This multi-stakeholder alliance has been set up to advocate for the ratification and implementation of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty and for meaningful engagement with patients and other relevant parties, in all aspects of the Agency framework. The AMA represents, for many countries, the promise of the development Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsJune 25, 2021 ago

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