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Turning a personal experience with falsified medicines into a mission to fight #fakemeds – Adebayo’s story

Adebayo (left), aged 21, with his friend Peter at the Centenary celebration of alma mater- King’s College Lagos I grew up in a relatively small town in Nigeria with my parents and sister. My mother worked as a banker in IT programming and my father was an automotive engineer – both had very high academic ambitions for me and fully supported my education. I loved to play chess, ran track, engaged in debates and attended Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsJune 6, 2019 ago

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Recap of our ‘Digital Natives Fight Fake Medicines’ side event during the WHA72!

Fight the Fakes together with our partner, University College London’s (UCL) Fight the Fakes chapter, just held the event ‘Digital Natives Fight Fake Medicines’ on the side lines of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva – and it was a great success! Over 150 people from all parts of the world, representing academia, industry, governments and NGOs, attended our event and tweeted about it on social media. The hashtag #FightTheFakes even became the Nr.1 Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsJune 3, 2019 ago

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Pictures of our Fight the Fakes side event during this year’s #WHA72!

Fight the Fakes together with our partner, the Fight the Fakes chapter of the University College London (UCL), just held the event ‘Digital Natives Fight Fake Medicines’ on the side lines of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva – and it was a great success! Over 150 people from all parts of the world, representing academia, industry, governments and NGOs, attended our event and tweeted about it on social media. The hashtag #FightTheFakes even Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsMay 29, 2019 ago

PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

WHA72: IPSF’s Statement on Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products

Fight the Fakes partner, the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF), delivered a brilliant statement at this year’s World Health Assembly on the growing issue of falsified and substandard medicines. In their statement, IPSF highlighted the crucial role pharmacists play in combating falsified medicines. Yet, they urged for an increased vigilance from Member States, as well as the WHO, in order to ensure the security of the entire supply chain. Only through collaboration is it possible Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsMay 29, 2019 ago

PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

WHA72: International Council of Nurses’ Statement on Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products

Fight the Fakes partner the International Council of Nurses (ICN) delivered a statement during this year’s World Health Assembly, May 2019, targeting the provisional agenda item 12.2. Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products. ICN displayed its commitment to address the problem of substandard and falsified medical products and positioned nurses as key actors in developing action plans to detect and respond to fake medicines. Furthermore they underlined the importance of awareness about falsified Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsMay 24, 2019 ago

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Fight the Fakes #WHA72 side event highlighted in new article in Health Policy Watch!

Our successful side event ‘DIGITAL NATIVES FIGHT FAKE MEDICINES’ which took place on Monday, May 20, during the first day of this year’s World Health Assembly was highlighted in a recent article in Health Policy Watch. Launched in 2018, Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for professional, independent reporting on the top global health policy debates, trends and news from Geneva and worldwide. Read a great summary report about our event in the article Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsMay 22, 2019 ago

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Fight the Fakes partner IFPMA introduced a new blog series…and first up is a tech entrepreneur who is fighting #fakemeds!

Adebayo Alonge – an avid advocate of raising awareness about the issue of falsified medicines and one of the key speakers of our event ‘Digital Natives Fight Fake Medicines’ which took place on Monday, 20th May, along the side lines of the World Health Assembly, is taking part in the new blog ‘5 questions to…’ by Fight the Fakes founding partner the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)! Adebayo was born in Nigeria Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsMay 21, 2019 ago

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Fight the Fakes at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva!

Fight the Fakes and the Fight the Fakes chapter of the University College London (UCL) are hosting the event ‘Digital Natives Fight Fake Medicines – How tech start-ups & youth are driving the development of innovative technologies in the fight against falsified medicines’ at the side-lines of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva on Monday, 20th May! Our event will explore how blockchain, apps, nanoscanners and digital technology more generally have great potential Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsMay 17, 2019 ago

PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

WHA72: FIP’s Intervention on provisional agenda item 12.2 Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is speaking out about substandard and falsified medicines at this year’s 72nd World Health Assembly! FIP and other partners of Fight the Fakes are raising awareness on the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines and empowering people to act on this issue. They welcome the possibility of further collaboration with WHO to drive forward the endeavours of the Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products because they believe that a holistic approach, encompassing Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsMay 16, 2019 ago

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Addressing the serious issue of fake antimalarials on #WorldMalariaDay – an op-ed by our partner Medicines for Malaria Venture

To mark this year’s World Malaria Day, George Jagoe, the Executive Vice President for Access and Product Management of our partner Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), published an opinion piece in the New Times Rwanda to address the growing burden of falsified antimalarials and its serious consequences for the global goal of malaria elimination! In recent years the progress towards eradicating malaria has stalled, and various factors have been identified to contributing this stagnation, such Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 7 yearsApril 25, 2019 ago

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