The recently published ‘The quality of medical products for cardiovascular diseases: a gap in global cardiac care’ paper, shows that one fifth of medicines reported as sampled in the literature were substandard or falsified. The research was carried out by experts from the MORU Tropical Health Network together with IDDO scientists. Given the Read more…
Rewatch our Fight the Fakes Week webinar! Event highlights Previous Next The world has never seen a global vaccine rollout on the scale of the COVID-19 response. Ten to fourteen billion doses of vaccine are estimated to be required to protect the global population against death and severe illness while Read more…
During the 5th plenary session of the Medicrime Committee that took place on 1 December 2021, the Committee of the Parties voted in favour of granting the official status of Observer to the Fight the Fakes Alliance. The Medicrime Convention, drafted by the Council of Europe, constitutes the first binding international Read more…
Register for the events taking place during Fight the Fakes Week! Monday 6 December REGISTER USP and Fight the Fakes Alliance are convening a panel discussion focusing prevention, detection and response framework to substandard and falsified medicines. With the participation of the relevant stakeholders, the meeting aims to discuss the Read more…
Step up action to tackle substandard and falsified medical products. Urgent call for “fake busters” Press Release Geneva, 25 November 2021 Fight the Fakes Alliance is holding its 4th annual public campaign under the slogan “Health is not a hoax – Fight the Fakes” from December 6 to 12. We Read more…
Kanchan Srivastava recently mentioned Fight the Fakes Alliance’s commitment to tackle the proliferation of fake and substandard medicines in the BMJ! In this article, key experts share their views on what has enabled a global surge in black market sales of substandard and falsified medicines: – Oksana Pyzik, leading the UCL Lead Read more…
The Medicrime Convention, the first binding international instrument in the criminal law field that focuses on the criminal act of counterfeiting medical products and other crimes that threaten public health is celebrating its 10 year anniversary! 28 October 2021 marked the 10th Anniversary since the MEDICRIME Convention opening for signature Read more…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today. The misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, the poor access to quality, affordable medicines, vaccines and diagnostics and falsified and substandard (SF) antibiotics are among the causes of AMR. Join us Read more…
The GS1 Healthcare Online Summit is a 3-day event (16 -18 November 2021) organised by GS1, who is one of the founding members of the recently launched Fight the Fakes Alliance. The event offers the opportunity to understand how global standards are being used across all parts of the healthcare Read more…
AMR is considered one of the top 10 global public health threats to humanity. Among the causes of AMR is the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, the constrained access to quality, affordable medicines, vaccines and diagnostics, and falsified or substandard antibiotics. Today the dangers of falsified & substandard products related Read more…