Dr Judy Stone, Infectious Disease specialist, recently talked about Fight the Fakes work and the risks of fake medicines in Forbes magazine. The author started the article by describing the grim situation of the black market for fake Covid-19 vaccines and vaccination cards which has been rapidly growing worldwide, increasing by more Read more…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently published a policy paper bringing together the available knowledge around existing traceability systems with the aim to support national regulatory authorities in setting up and ensuring an efficient traceability of medical products. A strong system able to trace medicines in real-time along the 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…
On 10 March, a panel discussion entitled “Why the African Medicines Agency? Why Now?” organised by Fight The Fakes members IAPO and IFPMA took place at the Africa Health Agenda International Conference 2021. The session sought to explain why the African Medicines Agency (AMA) is key to achieving Universal Health Coverage Read more…
Don’t miss the second GS1 Executive Dialogue focusing on securing trust in the global COVID-19 supply chain! After a successful first edition, GS1 Healthcare is back with a new line-up of speakers to showcase practical experiences and recommendations for the use of global standards to achieve safe and efficient distribution 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…
The AHAIC 2021 conference will take place from 8th to 10th March this year, hosted by Amref Health Africa. This African-led global convening is expected to attract over 1,800 delegates from over 40 countries, to discuss systems and innovations needed to enable Africa to achieve Universal Health Coverage. With a virtual Read more…