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DéfIS n°5 Article: Crime pharmaceutique: une épidémie silencieuse
Check out what this survey says about Fight the Fakes on pages: 117-124. To access the PDF click here.
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“All you need to know about Spurious Medicines”, A Guidebook
The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), in cooperation with the Indian Pharmaceutical Association, has developed a handbook for healthcare professionals entitled “All you need to know about spurious medicines”, which contains tips on preventing and detecting counterfeit medicines as well as advice on how to minimise the threat and change behaviours. Launched as part of the WHPA campaign on March 30th, 205 in New Delhi, the handbook aims to raise awareness and develop competencies of healthcare Read more…
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Counterfeit Medicines in Legitimate Supply Chains, Geographic Distribution
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Counterfeit Medicines in Legitimate Supply Chains, Therapeutic Areas
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Counterfeit Medicines in Legitimate Supply Chains, Conclusions
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Fighting Fakes: an Rx-360 Symposium
Today kicks off the Rx-360 symposium with global thought leaders on the topic of combating fake medicines. Fake medicines, which entail intentionally adulterated products, threaten patient safety and are a dangerous crime. Collaboration between organizations in the public and private sectors is essential to protect patients from this threat to public health. Rx-360’s annual symposium aims to serve as an arena for all stakeholders to share information and propose solutions. This year the symposium will include leaders Read more…
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Oper@tion Hippocr@tes: Fight against online fake medicine
Oper@tion Hippocr@tes is a project which aims to develop and strengthen expertise in tackling the trade of fake medicine through internet. The project facilitates the exchange of best practices and develops common trainings for financial investigators and financial criminal analysts, notably based on the “training of trainers” principle to improve the prevention and fight against the trade of fake medicine through the internet. This fight against online fake medicines is co-funded by the Prevention of Read more…
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14th Conference of International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
This week hundreds of experts and professionals dedicated to the advancement of the specialty of travel medicine gather in Québec City, Canada, for the 14th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM). Our partner the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) is at the conference, sharing its experience in making the world safer for travel, and doing its part to raise awareness among conference attendees about the dangers of fake medicines. Health professionals, particularly those working Read more…