(FR) La falsification des médicaments, les médicaments falsifiés, constitue un fléau mondial dont le trafic ne cesse de croître. Dans tous les pays, notamment dans ceux en développement, un préjudice grave est créé à l’égard des malades qui ne peuvent bénéficier d’un accès à des médicaments de qualité en vue Read more…
Illegal pharmacies selling medicines via the internet and operating outside the law pose a serious threat to public health. To ensure consumers’ safety, many authorities have developed authentication labels to help recognize illicit pharmacies and avoid risks of buying fake medicines online. Since 1st of July 2015, all online pharmacies Read more…
Video from Sanofi shows how pharmaceutical labs can test the quality of medicines, and spot a fake. Following suspicious products sent through via customs and patient complaints, labs can check the chemical footprint of a medicine, and determine if it truly holds the right ingredients, and at the right dosage. Read more…
Before buying medicines online, you might find yourself thinking: Is it legal to buy medicines online in my country? Is there a label that authenticates legitimate online pharmacies? When buying medicines on the internet, can I speak with a pharmacist? To answer your questions, our partner IRACM shares its 12 Golden Rules Read more…
A recent study on fake medicines conducted by Sanofi in six countries in Asia – China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam— demonstrates that: 67% consider fake medicines to be dangerous; 55% to 76 % declare they would not be able to distinguish a real drug from a fake one; 39% Read more…
A new Sanofi survey reveals that only 12% of USA citizens know about fake medicines, and the majority feel they not to have enough information about this issue. Highlights from the study: More than half of Americans (53%) say they had never heard of fake medicines; Only 15% make the Read more…
This month our partner the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) launches its annual magazine, Public Health SPOT, chronicling the fantastic public health initiatives of pharmacy students around the world, with contributions from global partners. See article from Fight the Fakes on page 92: “Counterfeiters make it their business, make it Read more…
The European Commission body for all things health, has recently launched a new campaign on medicines safety in the EU. The campaign takes you on a journey through the life of a pill, starting from the first time medicine is tried in humans to general use for patients across the Read more…
Fake medicines are a growing healthcare problem that have been around since the earliest days of medicine, yet have greatly increased in their prevalence and sophistication during the past few decades. Whether patients buy medicines online or offline, they should be able to trust that the medicines they are taking Read more…
What drives comsumers in the EU into buying medicines online? How are EU countries winning and losing in the fight against fake medicines? Does the public know of the new European Commission logo that certifies online medicines sellers as safe and genuine? “Trick or Treat(ment)” is a set of guidelines Read more…