On 16 March Fight the Fakes partners UCL School of Pharmacy and Commonwealth Pharmacist Association (CPA) hosted a panel discussion about the global impacts of substandard and falsified medicines. With the support of global Fight the Fakes partners the panel focused on “Detecting and reporting Falsified Medicines: Building a Culture Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner, the European Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacy (ASOP EU), has recently published a report highlighting the best practices in EU Member States and NGOs with the scope of educating online consumers about the threat of illegal selling of medicines and related healthcare products. The report called Read more…
This press release was originally published on Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies. Fake Medicines Continue to Threaten Consumers – EU Member States have an Obligation to Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Read more…
100,000 people could die from using fake drugs this year The World Health Organisation says dangerous counterfeit copies of medicines are being bought by people who think they are buying treatments for diseases like malaria, or cancer. Fake drugs sold by criminals kill people in rich countries, but many more 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…
On December 2nd, Fight the Fakes participated in the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO)’s campaign for Patient Solidarity Day. By sharing IAPO’s message on social media, we show our strong support to patient empowerment through awareness raising, the theme for this year’s Day. Educating the general public about the dangers Read more…
This article was originally publish in International Alliance of Patients’ Organization Patient Solidarity Day heightens the campaign against falsified medicines by “Fight the Fakes” Thursday, 14 December 2017 One in ten medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to latest WHO figures. It Read more…
PRESS RELEASE Fight the Fakes welcomes WHO reports on global impact of substandard and falsified medicines Wednesday 29 November 2017, Geneva – Fight the Fakes, the global campaign against falsified medicines, welcomes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) release of two reports 1 highlighting the scope and impact of falsified medical Read more…
For the first time in 10 years, WHO is publishing two reports on substandard and falsified medical products. The first details the impact of falsified medicines in low- and middle-income countries and a second report highlights the potential financial and public health impact caused by falsified medicines: Study on Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) is participating in the 3rd Biennial Scientific Conference on Medical Products Regulation in Africa, taking place in Accra, Ghana on November 27th – 30th. Organized with other organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the NEPAD Agency Read more…