In face of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) has been developing several Medical Product Quality Reports about substandard and falsified (SF) COVID-19 medical products and COVID-19 vaccines, which include data from scientific literature, public alerts and warnings, and lay press from across the world. These monthly Read more…
According to the Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford’s Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 vaccine issues from March 2021, between 12th March 2020 and 5 th March 2021 76 reports of diverted or SF COVID-19 vaccines from Read more…
Alliance Fight the Fakes: Déclaration officielle sur la COVID-19 et les produits médicaux falsifiés L’Alliance Fight the Fakes est profondément préoccupée par la menace importante que la pandémie de COVID-19 fait peser sur les progrès de la santé mondiale. L’impact à long terme de cette crise sur notre société n’est Read more…
Fight the Fakes Alliance: Official statement to COVID-19 and falsified medical products The Fight the Fakes Alliance is deeply concerned by the significant threat that the current COVID-19 pandemic poses to global health progress. It is not yet clear how this crisis will impact our society in the long term, Read more…
The Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford have released their latest Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 issues, with results from February 2021. In this issue, 55 new alerts on COVID-19 products were reported on the Medicines Read more…
On 7 March 2021 began the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Kyoto, Japan, with the aim of renewing global cooperation against crime to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and recover from the pandemic. The Kyoto Declaration was adopted during the event where governments agreed to Read more…
The latest ‘Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 Issues’ from Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford from December 2020 highlights the rise of substandard and falsified medicines linked to COVID-19. Throughout 2020 the MQM Globe database tracked and identified over Read more…
More and more reports of falsified COVID-19 vaccines are being reported around the world. With COVID-19 vaccines being approved for use in different parts of the globe, the scale and complexity of their manufacture, allocation and distribution globally will be unprecedented. This will also present corruption risks that may Read more…
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has seen unprecedented efforts from governments, civil society, industry and individuals from all over the world. Fight the Fakes members are also greatly engaged in COVID-19 efforts ranging from awareness raising about the virus, sharing interviews and vlogs with health care workers, providing guidance on Read more…
Fight the Fakes has issued an official statement to the ever-growing number of reports of falsified medicines, vaccines and cures for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). To date, there are no approved medial products to treat or cure COVID-19 and any advertisement of such products is deliberately fraudulent. Stay safe and Read more…