The latest issue of SF Pulse is out!
The issue highlights the following:
- Major Laser: Over on the UK’s Science and Technology Facilitates Council Medium page, Ben Gilliland zeroes in on how an innovative laser under development at the Central Laster Facility in the UK could be used help regulators better uncover falsified medical products.
- Risky Alternative: CNBC’s investigation into “Alternative Funding Programs” shows that some employer-linked schemes source expensive medicines from unverified overseas dealers, raising legal and safety concerns as millions of dollars’ worth of potentially illegally imported drugs reach patients.
- Relentless Pursuit: In a piece for The African Mirror, Dr. Botumelo Semete-Makokotlela, head of SAHPRA, the nation’s main regulatory authority overseeing medical products, offers some perspective on South Africa’s dedicated National Action Plan to combat SFs.
- Near-Death Experience: Writing for the Daily Nation, Fridah Okachi recaps an incredibly alarming health scare experienced by Abraham Kirwa, a member of Parliament from Mosop who nearly died as a result of taking substandard medication.
- GLP Gangs of London: The Times Health Editor Eleanor Hayword writes about how criminal gangs are becoming increasingly involved in the direct sale of potentially substandard or counterfeit weight loss drugs in the UK.
- Safety Scan: In an opinion piece for Chemist+Druggist, pharmacist Zeinab (Samira) Ardeshir calls for UK regulators to improve the accuracy of the barcode systems used for medical products.
Read the full issue here 👉 https://bit.ly/3XY2K4u
