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From 12 to 19 April 2015, Qatar will serve as home for the 13th UN Crime Congress, bringing together governments, policy-makers, and experts to make tackling transnational organized crime an international priority. As stated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), “effective criminal justice systems and respect for the rule of law are crucial for achieving sustainable development.” Fake medicines are a dangerous crime- and one that affects people’s well-being, a key Read more…

Our Fight the Fakes partner the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) hosted this week with the Taiwan Food and Drugs Administration (TFDA) a workshop on fake medicines in the margins of the 8th Asian Regulatory Conference (ARC) in Chinese Taipei. An absent or weak national medicines regulatory system is mentioned by the World Health Organization as one factor encouraging counterfeiting of medicines, alongside a lack of appropriate medicine legislation and weak enforcement. In this context, the Read more…

This article was originally published in CSR Newswire. Global Pharmaceutical Associations Welcome MEDICRIME Convention, Landmark Tool to Curb Global Medicines Counterfeiting PUBLISHED 10-01-15   SUBMITTED BY INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS & ASSOCIATIONS The Medicrime Convention, a unique international criminal law tool A unique international tool criminalizing the trade of counterfeit medicines, the Medicrime Convention, will enter into force on 1st January 2016, after 5 countries[1] out of its 24 signatories completed the ratification process. The Read more…

Following up on their recently released animated video on fake medicines, our Partner IRACM today launches an e-learning course on fake medicines, available free in English, French and Spanish. Fake medicines are a growing threat to public health, putting the lives of patients and the general public at risk. IRACM’s e-learning course shares facts you need to know about fake medicines, and the training you need to understand the global efforts to combat this crime. Read more…

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