INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) has launched a comprehensive online resource on tackling falsified medicines. The online platform describes IFPMA’s positioning and activities on many of the issues related to medicines’ falsification. Structured into five sections, it provides a user-friendly, comprehensive interpretation of all aspects of this Read more…

Ever wondered what to look out for when buying a medicine online? Our partner the International Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM) is relaunching its 12 Golden Rules campaign. The campaign aims to protect the health of patients and the wider public by providing practical advice on how to buy Read more…

Fake medicines pose a threat to patient safety, as they are often manufactured in unlicensed, unregulated and often unsanitary sites, and it can be impossible to know what’s inside them without chemical analysis. They can contain the wrong dose of active pharmaceutical ingredient, the wrong ingredients or even harmful substances. See the feature Read more…

The Medicrime Convention is the only international legal instrument that has made it a criminal offence to produce and distribute fake medical products or commit similar crimes. Developed by the Council of Europe to protect public health, the Convention was adopted on 8 December 2010. It provides for the enforcement of Read more…

La Convention Médicrime est l’unique instrument juridique pénal international criminalisant la fabrication et la distribution de faux produits médicaux ainsi que des infractions similaires. Développée par le Conseil de l’Europe pour protéger la santé publique, la convention Médicrime a été adoptée le 8 décembre 2010. Elle prévoit l’application de sanctions Read more…

Would you be able to tell a real medicine from a fake one? This important question is being posed to the public, health care professionals and policymakers by the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) in a new video. This uses the interactive function of YouTube. Viewers are asked to choose Read more…

This video is also available in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Illegal websites offering for sale illegal and/or falsified products are an established threat for EU citizens. The internet is currently used both by private customers and also by unauthorized operators, buying drugs to be re-sold on the market (e.g. through Read more…

Fake medicines are deliberately fraudulent drugs that pose a direct risk to patient health and undermine healthcare systems, causing global morbidity and mortality. This paper aims to produce an overview of anti-falsifying public health interventions deployed at international, national and local scales in low and middle income countries (LMIC).

Today on World Malaria Day, Fight the Fakes partner the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) updates its  World Malaria Risk Chart and How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria Whitepaper. The Chart outlines risk areas around the world, including regions affected by anti-malarial drug resistance. Both documents mention the risk of counterfeit anti-malarial Read more…