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Model United Nations Delegates Tackle Fake Medicines
My name is Vittoria Grasso and I am a Venezuelan student studying economics at Bocconi University in Milan. This year I got the opportunity to be the Model UN (MUN) Director for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at the National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN). I chose to make Fraudulent Medicines the topic of discussion for of two reasons. First, I thought it would be interesting to debate something that not Read more…
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Myth 5- Think fake medicines are easy to spot?
Counterfeiters make packaging as realistic as possible. The same attention is not paid to what goes into the medicines.
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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.