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A recent study on fake medicines conducted by Sanofi in six countries in Asia – China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam— demonstrates that: 67% consider fake medicines to be dangerous; 55% to 76 % declare they would not be able to distinguish a real drug from a fake one; 39% have bought medicines on the internet, mainly to save time and money, though only 58% stated they were aware of risks. According to this study, Read more…

When you buy medicines from online sellers, what could you end up with? In many cases, fake medicines! We’re excited to announce the launch of “It’s all fake”, a campaign from the International Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM) to share with people the dangers of buying medicines off of the internet. Always source your medicines from licensed providers. All countries are targeted by unscrupulous traffickers who sell medicines at very attractive prices on the Read more…

Fight the Fakes has been invited to speak on the topic of fake medicines at the very first Virtual Congress organized by the Croatian Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry Students’ Association (CPSA) of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb. The CPSA Virtual PharmaCon is a two days event (10-11 Dec), which will connect lecturers from different countries with students all over the world and bring them together around the theme “Dose of pharmaceutical future”. By learning Read more…

This article was originally published in African Decisions. A bitter pill Counterfeit medicines place an even greater strain on already heavily burdened African health systems, but there is progress in tackling them, in a series of regulatory upgrades. Do you take any medicines? Say, heart medication, antibiotics, or perhaps a drug for hypertension? An antiviral or antiretroviral? A prescription for cancer of some kind? Cough syrup? If you have kids, they will most likely have Read more…

This article was originally published on PR Web. PharmaSecure Partners with Fight the Fakes Campaign to Raise Awareness about the Dangers of Fake Medicines PharmaSecure Partners with Fight the Fakes Campaign, joining a group of leading public health organizations working to raise awareness about the dangers of fake medicines NEW DELHI, INDIA (PRWEB) DECEMBER 02, 2015 PharmaSecure, a leading provider of serialization, brand protection, and patient engagement solutions, is excited to announce that it has Read more…

A new Sanofi survey reveals that as Europeans, US citizens know little about fake medicines: Only 12% of USA citizens know about fake medicines, and the majority feel they not to have enough information about this issue; More than half of Americans (53%) say they had never heard of fake medicines; Only 15% make the connection between counterfeiting and medicines, while the rest linked the issue more with other goods; Only 18% declare to have Read more…

Fight the Fakes Partner the Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) has donated a Mobile Compact Laboratory to the Botswana Ministry of Health to help fight fake medicines! “Counterfeit medicines pose a serious threat to public health globally, here in Botswana as well,” commented the Ministry Dorcas Makgato. The Minilab is made of two portable suitcases, which contain all materials to helps test pharmaceutical ingredients and to detect fake antibiotics, antiparasitic, antimalarials, anti-tubercolosis and other types Read more…

Ce mardi 24 Novembre à Paris, la Fondation Chirac participe à la Conférence organisée par l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe. La Conférence a comme objectif de sensibiliser les députés à la problématique des faux médicaments et leur impact négatif sur la santé publique, ainsi que de les inciter à ratifier la Convention Médicrime. Pour plus sur le programme, cliquez ici.   [English] On November 24th, Fondation Chirac takes part in a conference organized by the Read more…