A recent comment written by Oksana Zirka Pyzik (UCL Fight the Fakes academic chapter founder and lead) published by nature reviews highlights how poor-quality or fraudulent medicines are causing extensive humanitarian and economic harm, particularly in Africa. Authors claim these products are a global problem that requires a coordinated cross-border response, including enhanced Read more…
A new study conducted by Vayouly Vidhamaly, Konnie Bellingham, Paul N Newton and Céline Caillet and published in the BMJ Journals shows that substandard and falsified veterinary medicines affect animal health, agricultural production and food security and will influence antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in both animals and humans. According to the authors, Read more…
Image by the Medicine Maker Shabbir Imber Safdar, Partnership for Safe Medicines Executive Director and Fight the Fakes board member, was recently featured in the Medicine Maker online magazine. In his article “Drug Supply Chain Security Act” Shabbir discussed how the US drug supply chain is not immune to falsified medicines Read more…
How misinformation has fuelled the sale of COVID-19 substandard and falsified medical products. A UCL Fight The Fakes lead study written by Oksana Pyzik, Dr. John Hertig, Hoda Kanso, Anika Chamba and Sofia Khan shows there is a strong link between fake news and fake medicines. As waves of COVID-19 continue to threaten public Read more…
Deloitte‘s report calls for international healthcare organizations to promote global standards such as, Fight the Fakes member, GS1 DataMatrix barcode for product identification across the medical supply chain in order to ensure citizens around the world have a speedy, equal, and secure access to COVID-19 vaccines. The report, which follows another publication from Deloitte Read more…
Dangerous fakes – trade in counterfeit goods that pose health, safety and environmental risks A new study, conducted by the EU’s intellectual property office (EUIPO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), shines the spotlight on the scourge of falsified medicines, which have consequences on people’s health, confidence Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…