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Fight the Fakes partner, the World Medical Association (WMA) will gather in Chicago from October 11-14 for its Annual General Assembly. The event will include committee meetings and debates with a keynote speech of Dr. Antoni Fauci, an American immunologist and head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The Assembly will also appoint by Dr. Yoshitake Yokokura, President of the Japan Medical Association, as WMA’s President for 2017/2018. The WMA represents physicians of all specialties Read more…

Fight the Fakes partner the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) will host its 77th International Congress in Seoul, Korea from September 10-14, 2017. During the four days, the event will bring together international pharmacy professionals and pharmaceutical scientists to discuss the need for high quality help and advice. The program includes a variety of symposia and sessions demonstrating the potentials of technology, education and practice innovation for health care systems. The congress provides an excellent opportunity to Read more…

This article was originally published in: Intellectual Property Watch Brief: Leadership Rotation For Fight The Fakes Campaign 09/02/2017 BY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WATCH A new industry group today took the reins of the Fight the Fakes campaign, a growing coalition against fake medicines, the first rotation in leadership since its launch in late 2013. The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW) took over the secretariat of Fight the Fakes, which in little over 3 years has grown Read more…

Another step in the fight against fake medicines has been taken as Burkina Faso ratified the Medicrime Convention on July 27, 2017. The West African country becomes the 10th state to ratify the convention against counterfeiting of medicines and devices. There are another 17 signatory countries to the convention. Promoted by the Council of Europe (COE), the Medicrime Convention entered into force in January 2016 and is the first international legal treaty that protects patients Read more…

Fight The Fakes partner International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation will meet in Taiwan on July 31st for their annual World Congress. The 10 days event will include conferences, training sessions and learning visits  for young pharmacists who will lead the pharmacy of tomorrow. The congress provides them an excellent opportunity to share national academic and professional experiences, as well as good practices in the fields of health policies, regulation of supply chain and patients’ needs. All over Read more…