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UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) examines the impact of counterfeit medicines to public health and organised crime. According to the office: Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are among the counterfeit products with the greatest potential of harm for consumers’ health. Counterfeit medicines have become a highly profitable criminal Read more…
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Message from M. Bernard Leroy, Director of IRACM
Fake drugs put your health at risk and may have a significant health impact. The three most commonly counterfeited medicines to treat malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. For subtitles in French, please click here.
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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.