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Updated statement regarding COVID-19 and falsified medical products

Fight the Fakes Alliance: Official statement to COVID-19 and falsified medical products The Fight the Fakes Alliance is deeply concerned by the significant threat that the current COVID-19 pandemic poses to global health progress. It is not yet clear how this crisis will impact our society in the long term, but other more immediate consequences are already visible. Medicines and vaccines shortages related to the coronavirus outbreak have resulted in patients  taking matters into their Read more…

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Why the African Medicines Agency? Why Now?

On 10 March, a panel discussion entitled “Why the African Medicines Agency? Why Now?” organised by Fight The Fakes members IAPO and IFPMA took place at the Africa Health Agenda International Conference 2021. The session sought to explain why the African Medicines Agency (AMA) is key to achieving Universal Health Coverage in Africa and how it can help to optimise sustainability in the supply of medicinal and healthcare products for diseases disproportionately affecting Africa. It follows Read more…

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Join the 2nd GS1 Executive Dialogue on 18 March!

Don’t miss the second GS1 Executive Dialogue focusing on securing trust in the global COVID-19 supply chain! After a successful first edition, GS1 Healthcare is back with a new line-up of speakers to showcase practical experiences and recommendations for the use of global standards to achieve safe and efficient distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines. As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines becomes a reality, stakeholders from across the globe need to collaborate to ensure these Read more…

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Update on COVID-19 linked substandard and falsified medical products from IDDO – January & February issues

The Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford have released their latest Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 issues, with results from February 2021. In this issue, 55 new alerts on COVID-19 products were reported on the Medicines Quality Monitoring Globe. Almost half of the alerts concerned diverted, substandard or falsified (SF) COVID-19 vaccines. Out of the 24 articles on vaccine incidents, two Read more…

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Kyoto Crime Congress agrees declaration to tackle growing crime threats including falsified and substandard medical products

On 7 March 2021 began the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Kyoto, Japan, with the aim of renewing global cooperation against crime to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and recover from the pandemic. The Kyoto Declaration was adopted during the event where governments agreed to concrete actions to advance responses addressing crime prevention, criminal justice, rule of law and international cooperation. The fight against falsified and substandard medicines was specifically Read more…

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Update on COVID-19 linked substandard and falsified medical products from IDDO – December 2020

The latest ‘Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 Issues’ from Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford from December 2020 highlights the rise of substandard and falsified medicines linked to COVID-19. Throughout 2020 the MQM Globe database tracked and identified over 469 relevant articles from English sources reporting incidents linked to COVID-19 medical products. Those articles included at least 534 different incidents in 60 different countries. Over Read more…

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Fight the Fakes at AHAIC 2021 Virtual Conference

The AHAIC 2021 conference will take place from 8th to 10th March this year, hosted by Amref Health Africa. This African-led global convening is expected to attract over 1,800 delegates from over 40 countries, to discuss systems and innovations needed to enable Africa to achieve Universal Health Coverage. With a virtual format and under the theme “Decade for Action: Driving Momentum to Achieve UHC in Africa”, AHAIC 2021 is co-convened by Amref Health Africa, Africa CDC, Read more…

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UPDATE: Let’s Talk About Fakes Seminar Series by King’s College London Fight the Fakes

Fight The Fakes’ Academic/Youth chapters never cease to amaze us! We are delighted with their energy and dedication in the fight against substandard and fake medicines.  King’s College London Fight the Fakes chapter has organised a seminar series on fake medicines. The upcoming seminar – 26th May at 15h CET – will have John Hertig, Vice-Chair and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Butler University, talking about how to keep patients safe when they are Read more…

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Call to Heads of State of the African Union to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty

PRESS RELEASE Patients, product development partnerships and private health sector representatives call for the rapid ratification of the African Medicines Agency Treaty to speed up timelines to vaccines and medicines approval London / Geneva, 5 February 2021 – On the eve of the 34th African Union Summit, two years after the Treaty to establish an African Medicines Agency was agreed, over 40 leading organizations who represent hundreds of thousands of patients, product development partnerships, youth Read more…

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World Health Organization 148th Executive Board Statement

This is a statement made at the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board on Agenda item 10: Substandard and falsified medical products by members of the Fight the Fakes Alliance. On behalf of the World Heart Federation, International Alliance of Patient Organizations, International Council of Nurses, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, Medicines for Malaria Venture, and US Pharmacopeia and supported by Fight the Fakes Alliance, we thank you for the opportunity to make this Read more…

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