The global rise of antibiotic resistance is leading to untreatable infections which can affect anyone, anywhere, of any age. This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week and at Fight the Fakes we’re raising awareness about the role of fake medicines. Fake medicines can increase the risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and lead Read more…
Fight the Fakes partners the European Healthcare Distribution Association (GIRP) and Medicines for Europe are co-hosting the Safer Europe Without Falsified Medicines conference, organized in the context of the Estonian Presidency of the EU Council. The event takes place on November 8th and 9th in Tallinn, Estonia, and looks into the implementation of Read more…
The Partnership for Safe Medicines has released a new report on counterfeit drugs made of fentanyl and often illegally imported, which have been found in 40 U.S. states and have provoked death in more than a dozen of them in the past two years. Those medicines are usually made into fake Read more…
Fight the Fakes partners met on Monday 23 October to work on their future plans to raise awareness of the widespread sale and use of falsified medicines across the world and announced that the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has joined the campaign, bringing the total number of partners to Read more…
PRESS RELEASE Global coalition in the fight against falsified medicines meetsin Brussels as it welcomes its 35th partner Wednesday, 25 October 2017, Brussels – Fight the Fakes campaign partners representing healthcare professionals, academia, NGOs, the generic and research-based pharmaceutical industry, healthcare distributers, and consumer protection organizations met this week to Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner, the World Medical Association (WMA) will gather in Chicago from October 11-14 for its Annual General Assembly. The event will include committee meetings and debates with a keynote speech of Dr. Antoni Fauci, an American immunologist and head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) will host its 77th International Congress in Seoul, Korea from September 10-14, 2017. During the four days, the event will bring together international pharmacy professionals and pharmaceutical scientists to discuss the need for high quality help and advice. The program includes a Read more…
This article was originally published in: Intellectual Property Watch Brief: Leadership Rotation For Fight The Fakes Campaign 09/02/2017 BY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WATCH A new industry group today took the reins of the Fight the Fakes campaign, a growing coalition against fake medicines, the first rotation in leadership since its launch in Read more…
As a child growing up in Cameroon, I watched family members die from various diseases due to a lack of access to adequate medical treatment. I witnessed first-hand, and heard many more stories, of street peddlers selling all kinds of drugs, be it counterfeit or not, to gullible customers who Read more…
Another step in the fight against fake medicines has been taken as Burkina Faso ratified the Medicrime Convention on July 27, 2017. The West African country becomes the 10th state to ratify the convention against counterfeiting of medicines and devices. There are another 17 signatory countries to the convention. Promoted Read more…