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Myth 4- Think there are good quality fake medicines?
Fake medicines have not undergone any quality control or been approved by qualified government officials.
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Myth 3- Think worst comes to worst, the pills just wont work?
When counterfeit medicines are used in the place of life-saving products, patients are put in serious risk!
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Myth 2- Think only lifestyle pills are faked?
The fastest growing trends in fake medicines are knock offs of livesaving medicines.
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Myth 1-Think only brand-name medicines can be counterfeit?
Counterfeiters do not discriminate. Their fakes infiltrate the supply chain and pass themselves off as brand-name or generic medicines.
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International Nursing Review: Nurses join worldwide effort to protect patients from fake medicines
To view the full ‘Nurses join worldwide effort to protect patients from fake medicines‘ article in the International Nursing Review, click here.
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Même emballage, même forme et même couleur…MAIS FAUX !
Des pilules en réalité ne contiennent pas ce que l’on croit
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Fake Malaria Drugs Kill
Want to do more to support the fight against fake malaria medicines? Sign the Juma Petition! Our partner, the Dutch Malaria Foundation, is calling on the intervention of national governments to tackle fake medicines at the source and keep them out of the legitimate medicine supply chain and out of the hands of unsuspecting patients in Africa. Watch their video to learn how fake medicines prey primarily on women and children, but still hold implications Read more…
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SAVEmed Project
Today the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) holds a conference on the SAVEmed Project, a research collaboration to add anti-counterfeiting and track & trace technology to the packaging of medical products. SAVEmed, funding by the European Union, works to tackle the growing threat of fake medicines to consumers within the EU. The conference is held in Bucharest and attended by officials of UNICRI, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) and representatives from the Read more…