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On Friday, September 19th, the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies (CSIP) hosted its second annual roundtable with participating partner organizations to discuss matters pertaining to the protection of consumer health and safety through the elimination of illegitimate online pharmacies. The speakers covered a range of topics including law enforcement collaborations, criminal trends and arising issues, Operation Pangea outcomes and impacts, technical innovations, and the evolving landscape and approach of the online pharmacy industry. Additionally, CSIP Read more…

We are proud to announce Cittadinanzattiva and its international interface Active Citizenship Network (ACN) as a member of the Fight the Fakes campaign! With a view to mobilising and supporting citizen organisations in the fight against dangerous fake medicines and working together to ensure patient safety, Fight the Fakes is excited to welcome our new partner. Cittadinanzattiva (active citizenship) is an Italian non-profit organization founded in 1978, independent from political parties, trade unions, private companies Read more…

Fight the Fakes congratulates Ashifi Gogo, Founder of Partner Sproxil, in being awarded Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year award. Fake medicines present a real threat to patients and to public health as a whole. Empowering patients with the ability to distinguish life-saving medicines from live-threating counterfeits is one example of mHealth solutions to global health challenges. Sproxil’s Mobile Product Authentication (MPA™), allows patient to verify whether their medicines are genuine or counterfeit with Read more…

On September 18, 2014 in Washington, DC thought leaders, policy makers, patient advocates, law enforcement, medicine makers, suppliers and pharmacists will gather to discuss the state of patient safety in a world with counterfeit drugs. Learn what leaders are doing about the problems of counterfeit drugs. Speakers from the World Customs Organization, the US Food and Drug Administration, the Pharmaceutical Security Institute, the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies as well as prominent researchers, pharmacists and Read more…

Fight the Fakes partner United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has awarded a Global Fellowship to a chemistry graduate student from the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, for his work related to fake medicine detection. The fellow, Nicholas Myers, supports Professor Marya Lieberman in the development of the Paper Analytical Device (PAD) project. This paper-based technology to test for the presence of various substances in medicines is being adapted to detect pharmaceuticals that do not Read more…

The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has joined with the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) to combat the threat posed by the illegal online sale of medicines. Fake medicines sold online are a huge threat – more than 50% of medicines sold worldwide from illegal online sources are fake. This new partnership will help tackle the public health threat posed by illegal online sales of medicine. Ronald T. Piervincenzi, chief executive officer of USP, said Read more…

August 1st to 10th this year saw our Partner, the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation’s, annual congress in Porto, Portugal. The congress is the biggest and the most important annual event for pharmacy students, and this year hosted more than 750 participants from all over the world. The busy agenda included trainings, symposia, workshops and campaigning. Fake medicines are everybody’s business, but they are a particular menace to healthcare providers, who work to ensure people are Read more…