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UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) examines the impact of counterfeit medicines to public health and organised crime. According to the office: Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are among the counterfeit products with the greatest potential of harm for consumers’ health. Counterfeit medicines have become a highly profitable criminal industry run by transnational criminal organizations. The issue has affected international communities in terms of growth, industrial and commercial turnover, social development, improvement of people’s Read more…
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Keep fake medicines from undermining progress made in malaria control!
Today, on World Malaria Day, the Fight the Fakes campaign commends the global health community for progress made in the control and elimination of malaria with a ringing Thunderclap! To join in our efforts to raise awareness of this issue, please support our World Malaria Day Thunderclap message: “Huge progress has been made in combating malaria. Let’s keep fake medicines from undermining these efforts!” You still have time to lend your voice to the campaign—the Thunderclap goes out Read more…
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Sproxil Joins as Partner of Fight the Fakes
We are proud to announce Sproxil as a new Partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! Every year, over 700,000 people die from fake tuberculosis and anti-malaria drugs alone. Fake medicines are a dangerous and deadly industry that particularly rampant in emerging markets—where limited resources and high prevalence of disease create many opportunities for illegal but profitable business. In the meantime, mobile phones are increasingly becoming the most popular mode of communication, especially across counties Read more…
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2014 Global Forum on Access to Safe Medicines
Last week concluded the 2014 Global Forum on Access to Safe Medicines attended by Fight the Fakes partners International Council of Nurses (ICN), Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM), International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) and the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). The Global Forum allowed for stakeholders to discuss, present and explore ways to make medicines safer worldwide, tackling drug counterfeiting and supply chain security as well as international strategies and Read more…
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Message from M. Bernard Leroy, Director of IRACM
Fake drugs put your health at risk and may have a significant health impact. The three most commonly counterfeited medicines to treat malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. For subtitles in French, please click here.
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CePAT receives Minilab to aid in detection of fake medicines
The Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training (CePAT) in Ghana has just received a Minilab to aid in detection fake medicines. Minilab checks medicines for the correct active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and equips regulatory authorities with a portable and low-cost means of protecting patients from counterfeit drugs. Using Minilab, CePAT is able to test the quality of medicines in Ghana without necessarily returning to their lab. CePAT, established by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) in Read more…
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European database to begin tracking fake medicines
The Council of Europe’s European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM) has launched a database to collate incidents of drug counterfeiting across Europe. Titled, Know-X, the database aims to improve cross-border collaboration in the fight against fake medicines and shall also record the types of pharmaceutical products that are being counterfeited. To read more on the database and European-level developments to fight the fakes, click here.
