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On 23 and 24 June 2015, the 1st Indo-French workshop on combating fake medicines was held at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in New Delhi. Jointly organized by our partner the Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM) and the internal security services of the Embassy of France in India, this operationally-oriented seminar was inaugurated by the Ambassador of France in India, François Richier, the Director of CBI, Anil Sinha, and the head of the Read more…

A partir du 1er juillet 2015 et pour une durée de 6 mois, l’Institut de Recherche Anti-Contrefaçon de Médicaments (IRACM) lance une campagne de sensibilisation et d’information auprès du grand public et des patients français sur les risques liés à la consommation de médicaments contrefaits ou falsifiés. Cette campagne est déployée dans les salles d’attente des médecins généralistes à Paris et en Ile-de-France, et en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, ainsi que dans les salles d’attentes des Read more…

This article was originally published in Quality Matters. Global Health // June 30, 2015 Battling the Epidemic of Illegal Online Drug Sellers and Counterfeit Medicines For nearly two centuries, USP has helped secure the quality of the American drug supply. USP’s drug standards are enforceable in the United States by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and these standards are used in more than 140 countries. Despite the efforts of USP and other pharmacopeias to Read more…

Check out what this survey says about Fight the Fakes on pages: 117-124. To access the PDF click here.