The fight against substandard and falsified medical products in Africa was brought to the highest levels last Wednesday, 26 September, at an UN General Assembly High-Level side event in New York. Organized by the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Zambia, as well as the African Union Commission and Read more…
On #WorldHeartDay Fight the Fakes, together with our partner, the World Heart Federation, wants to raise awareness about the threat of falsified cardiac medicines. A study of ten sub-Saharan African countries by Antignac et al. put fake cardiac Read more…
On Saturday 21st July 2018, IAPO member Mary Lynne Van Poelgeest-Pomfret of World Federation of Incontinent Patients represented IAPO and the Fight the Fakes campaign at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam at the Imperial Health Sciences’ Pre-Conference Side-Event. Here she joined a multi-stakeholder panel within which a stimulating discussion took place around the topic Read more…
Deaths caused by falsified medicines containing dangerous and illegal substances are on an alarming rise in the United States. Fight the Fakes partner The Partnership for Safe Medicines is making great efforts to tackle this epidemic-like matter. On 7 June 2018, during the 2018 Interchange conference, they joined forces with Read more…
Fight the Fakes is thrilled to be highlighted as a valuable global actor in tackling the problems related to falsified medicines in this Healthcare Global magazine article. Under the title of “Leveraging technology and education in the high-stakes fight against fake medicines” the article describes the critical and increasing problems related to Read more…
Miriam Haendler, student at the UCL School of Pharmacy, was the deserved winner of the photo contest held during the UCL Fight the Fakes & Commonwealth Pharmacists Association event on the Global Impact of Substandard and Falsified Medicines in London. Participants shared a photo to best capture the global health Read more…
According to a new survey conducted in April 2018, many African citizens consider themselves not well informed about the dangers of falsified medicines. The survey aimed to highlight patient perceptions of falsified medicines in different parts of the world. Over 2,500 participants in Egypt, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya and South Read more…
PRESS RELEASE European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) joins Fight the Fakes to strengthen coalition against falsified medicines Tuesday 24 July 2018, Brussels – Fight the Fakes is glad to welcome the European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) as the newest member in the campaign against falsified medicines. With EMVO’s mission to Read more…
Fight the Fakes is proud that the European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) will become its 37th partner. EMVO is dedicated to create a European Medicines Verification System in accordance with the upcoming European Union Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) making them a great addition to our efforts to speak up against Read more…
On 26 June, Fight the Fakes partner the Alliance for Safe Internet Pharmacy in the EU (ASOP EU) discussed internet patient safety, the risks of getting fake medicines, and how to counter it at the European Parliament. The event was hosted by MEP José Inácio Faria and who delivered a Read more…