My name is Clement Mak and I am a third year pharmacy student studying in London, United Kingdom. I am pursuing a career in pharmacy because I want to provide the best medical treatments and advice to patients. Due to the high level of patient interactions and accessibility to pharmacies, Read more…
We are proud to announce PharmaSecure as a Partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! PharmaSecure provides technology-enabled solutions that help pharmaceutical companies prevent counterfeiting of their medicines and improve health outcomes in emerging markets through customized patient engagement programs. Its solutions enable patients and consumers to verify the authenticity of their medicines through Read more…
Many might be thinking of fake medicines and drug-adulterated dietary supplements as something rather un-European, far away from the western world. On the contrary, much of their mass production takes place, indeed, in the developing parts of the globe. But that is nothing but a disguise, as they are all Read more…
Great news for the fight against fake medicines! The Convention against counterfeiting of medicines and devices – Medicrime – officially enters into force in January 2016. With 23 signatories and 5 ratifying countries, the latest Guinea on 24th September 2015, the text promoted by the Council of Europe (COE) now Read more…
La nouvelle campagne radiophonique de la Fondation Chirac débute aujourd’hui, afin de sensibiliser le public sur le danger des faux médicaments dans la rue. A travers des spots publicitaires d’environ 30 secondes, des artistes africains appellent à ne pas acheter des médicaments de la rue. Ces spots sont diffusés par Read more…
Priorité Santé (Radio France Internationale) tient ce matin une journée spéciale dédiée à la programmation sur les faux médicaments. Cette activité se tient à l’occasion du lancement de la campagne « Le médicament de la rue tue » de la Fondation Chirac (LMDLRT). Elle anticipe également l’adoption imminente de la Convention Medicrime, Read more…
Our partner International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) is bringing Fight the Fakes to Go Global Expo 2015 on the 19-20 September in Toronto. The event brings together thousands of people eager to pursue meaningful opportunities abroad—to travel, to study, to volunteering or to work—so it’s a great Read more…
Highlights from this spring’s workshop in Dakar, Senegal on fake medicines, organized by Fight the Fakes partners Fondation Chirac and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), together with Develop Innovate Advance (DIA). Fake medicines are a global problem, but they are posing a particular challenge in Africa, where in some Read more…
Check out what has been said about Fight the Fakes on pages 90-94. This magazine was published by the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation.
Our partner Sproxil has established a partnership with Mobile Health Management Company (mHealth) to bring Sproxil’s Mobile Product Authentication (MPA) technology to the Saudi Arabia. MPA is offered free of cost to help consumers differentiate between fake and genuine medicines with a single text message. See how MPA works here. This new agreement Read more…