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INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

The scourge of vaccine falsification

A academic article published in February 2022 by Pierre Saliou, Quentin Duteil, Stanley A. Plotkin and Marc Gentilini discusses the recent but growing phenomenon of fake vaccines trafficking, which represents a severe threat to public health. Authors explain how during the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-COVID vaccines have been a prime target for traffickers, but all types of vaccines are falsified by profit-hungry criminals. The consequences of falsification on global health are serious: the decline in vaccination Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 4 yearsMarch 14, 2022 ago

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

Quality of medicines for life-threatening pregnancy complications in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

The research ‘Quality of medicines for life-threatening pregnancy complications in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review’ published in 2020 by Maria Regina Torloni, Mercedes Bonet, Ana Pilar Betrán, Carolina C. Ribeiro-do-Valle, Mariana Widmer addresses concerns about the quality of medicines available in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to manage hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and sepsis. It aims to identify, critically appraise, and synthesize the findings of studies on the quality of these three types of medicines available in Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 4 yearsMarch 1, 2022 ago

PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

PRESS RELEASE: Fight the Fakes Alliance expands association with four new members

PRESS RELEASE: Fight the Fakes Alliance expands association with four new members Geneva, 23 February 2022 – Fight the Fakes Alliance welcomes the Brazzaville Foundation, the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), Butler University and New Giza University as the newest members of the association. The four new members commit to supporting Fight the Fakes in taking the fight against substandard and falsified medicines to the next level. Though it is a challenge to Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 4 yearsFebruary 23, 2022 ago

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

BBC News Africa’s ‘What’s New’ series on how to fight fake medicines

Dr. Bahijja Raimi-Abraham, founder and academic lead of KCL’s Fight the Fakes academic chapter explains how to spot fake medicines in one of the videos. BBC News Africa gives visibility to the global health issue of falsified and substandard medicines in its new BBC ‘What’s New and Actu Jeunes’ Youtube channel! BBC ‘What’s New and Actu Jeunes’ youtube channel, BBC’s first bilingual YouTube channel for teenagers, makes films in English and French about the issues Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 4 yearsJanuary 21, 2022 ago

EVENTS

Health is not a Hoax – The Power of Legislation & Collaboration in Fighting Fake Medicines – webinar recording

Since 2018 Fight the Fakes, first as a campaign and now as an Alliance, has celebrated its annual Fight the Fakes Week to raise awareness about the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines among allies, members, key global health stakeholders, and the wider public. During 2022 Fight the Fakes Week, Fight the Fakes’ founding member the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations partnered with its Africa-based sister associations to facilitate a discussion on the importance Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 4 yearsJanuary 11, 2022 ago

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

New study alerts to the risk of poor quality medicines used to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease

The recently published ‘The quality of medical products for cardiovascular diseases: a gap in global cardiac care’ paper, shows that one fifth of medicines reported as sampled in the literature were substandard or falsified. The research was carried out by experts from the MORU Tropical Health Network together with IDDO scientists. Given the very limited available data, the obtained findings – out of 4,703 medical products for cardiovascular diseases samples, 17.5 per cent were falsified or substandard – Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 4 yearsJanuary 6, 2022 ago

EVENTS

‘Global solutions to confront substandard and falsified COVID-19 vaccines’ webinar replay

Rewatch our Fight the Fakes Week webinar! Event highlights Previous Next The world has never seen a global vaccine rollout on the scale of the COVID-19 response. Ten to fourteen billion doses of vaccine are estimated to be required to protect the global population against death and severe illness while controlling transmission. Vaccine manufacturers, regulatory authorities, logistics experts, healthcare systems, and healthcare practitioners are facing the challenge of producing and delivering these billions of doses Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsDecember 7, 2021 ago

UPDATES

Fight the Fakes Alliance gains official “Observer” status at the Medicrime Convention Committee of the Parties

During the 5th plenary session of the Medicrime Committee that took place on 1 December 2021, the Committee of the Parties voted in favour of granting the official status of Observer to the Fight the Fakes Alliance. The Medicrime Convention, drafted by the Council of Europe, constitutes the first binding international instrument in the criminal law field that focuses on the criminal act of counterfeiting medical products and other crimes that threaten public health. Fight the Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsDecember 1, 2021 ago

EVENTS

Don’t miss the events during Fight the Fakes Week

Register for the events taking place during Fight the Fakes Week! Monday 6 December REGISTER USP and Fight the Fakes Alliance are convening a panel discussion focusing prevention, detection and response framework to substandard and falsified medicines. With the participation of the relevant stakeholders, the meeting aims to discuss the strategies and interventions and gain insights on the problem from different regions around the world. More info here. Wednesday 8 December Meet & Greet – Read more…

By Fight the Fakes, 5 yearsDecember 1, 2021 ago

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