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Fight the Fakes Week flagship event featured in Health Policy Watch
Fight The Fakes Week flagship event: Keeping patients safe – securing the global medicines supply chain Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? Article originally published on Health Policy Watch by Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and include harmful ingredients, according to Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). Sehmi was speaking at an event hosted by Fight the Read more…
PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS
Fight the Fakes Alliance calls for a watertight global medicines supply chain
Fight the Fakes Alliance urges the international community to act now to prevent falsified and substandard medicines from reaching patients at risk via the global medicines supply chain. The 5th annual Fight the Fakes Week will take place under the slogan “Keeping patients safe by securing the global medicines supply chain” from 5 to 11 December 2022. It comes after a series of tragic deaths caused by substandard medicines. The Fight the Fakes Alliance welcomes new Read more…
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Register now: Keeping patients safe – securing the global medicines supply chain
JOIN OUR FLAGSHIP EVENT TO MARK FIGHT THE FAKES WEEK 2022 AND PATIENT SOLIDARITY DAY! InterContinental Geneva, Chem. du Petit-Saconnex 7-9, 1211 Genève, Switzerland 7 December 2022 Doors open at 9:30 Panel discussion 10:00 – 12:00 Patient Solidarity Day Celebratory Lunch 12:00 – 13:30 SPEAKERS REGISTER NOW! (limited places) The information collected is used solely for the purpose of processing the registration to this event, and if selected to send updates about future events and/or Read more…
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Géraldine Lissalde-Bonnet, GS1 Vice-President Healthcare featured in The Medicine Maker online magazine
Source: The Medicine Maker Géraldine Lissalde-Bonnet, GS1 Vice-President Healthcare, Fight The Fakes Alliance member, has been featured in The Medicine Maker online magazine with an opinion piece on the collective approach to fighting falsified medicine. In the article – Why Only a Collective Approach Can Beat Fake Medicine – Géraldine discussed how substandard and falsified medicine affects patients around the world and that in order to tackle this issue, collective action is needed. Source: The Read more…
PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS
Fight the Fakes Alliance condemns the circulation of toxic substandard medicines
According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) updates[i] and reports from Gambian authorities, at least 66 young children in The Gambia may have died from acute kidney injuries caused by contaminated cough and cold syrups[ii]. Fight the Fakes Alliance condemns the circulation of toxic substandard medicines and calls on world leaders to guarantee quality assured medicines. Raising the alarm On 5 October 2022, the WHO issued a medical product alert warning that substandard syrups Read more…
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World Patient Safety Day 2022 event: Making medicines safe and reliable for all
This World Patient Safety Day, five international federations in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), will gather to demonstrate their continued commitment to the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021 and advocate for all governments, key stakeholders, and partners to deploy the patient safety as a priority in all health sector policies and programs. Adam Aspinall, Fight the Fakes Alliance Chair and Senior Director, Access and Product Management at Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Read more…
INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
Fight the Fakes’ chair, Adam Aspinall, featured in Health Policy Watch!
On the occasion of the upcoming Global Fund Replenishment drive, taking place in New York city during 19-21 September, Adam Aspinall, Fight the Fakes Alliance Chair wrote an opinion piece for the Health Policy Watch: “Fighting the Scourge of Fake Medicines: Global Fund Replenishment is Moment of Truth.” In it, he explains how the full Replenishment of the Global Fund is vital to keeping patients safe from falsified and substandard medicines (you can find Fight the Read more…