On 16 March Fight the Fakes partners UCL School of Pharmacy and Commonwealth Pharmacist Association (CPA) hosted a panel discussion about the global impacts of substandard and falsified medicines. With the support of global Fight the Fakes partners the panel focused on “Detecting and reporting Falsified Medicines: Building a Culture that Promotes Rapid Exchange of Information”. The session was followed by a Q&A session. In case you missed it you can check the livestream here.
The event was chaired by Oksana Pyzik, Senior Teaching Fellow and Global Engagement Coordinator at the UCL School of Pharmacy and moderated by SCRIP journalist Eleanor Malone. The experts speaking that spoke at the event were:
- Dr HRH Princess Nisreen El-Hashemite, Executive Director, RASIT
- Michael Deats, Group Lead SAV Team from World Health Organisation (WHO)
- Bernard Naughton, Clinical Pharmacist from Oxford University
- Mike Isles, Executive Director, ASOP EU
- Lynda Scammell, Senior Policy Manager, MHRA
It was such a successful event! To see how it rolled our you can look for the hashtag #UCLFakeMedsPanel on Twitter.
Here are some examples:
The #UCLFakeMedsPanel is all ready to go! We hope to see you soon or joining in on our livestream! pic.twitter.com/uGe47eDB3x
— UCL Fight The Fakes (@UCLFightsFakes) March 16, 2018
Michael Deats @WHO showing the end of the counterfeit supply chain – children in DRC being given supposed diazepam tablets (for malaria!) in fact haloperidol hence convulsions. Of 40 or so victims these kids survived, many did not. Child murder, basically. #UCLFakeMedsPanel pic.twitter.com/XTBgHn2ykD
— Duncan Craig (@duncancraigucl) March 16, 2018
Our Panellist @ProfIAbubakar , Director of @UCLGlobalHealth Chair of the @WHO Scientific & Technical Advisory Group for #TB , shares his expertise on how #fakemeds worsen #AMR #UCLFakeMedsPanel @duncancraigucl @School_Pharmacy @FightTheFakes @CW_Pharmacists @IFPWFoundation https://t.co/0r8lnUZAeb
— Oksana Pyzik (@OksanaPyzikUCL) March 20, 2018
Lynda Scammel, the Senior Policy Manager from the @MHRAgovuk, explains how the internet facilitates the supply of #fakemeds #UCLFakeMedsPanel pic.twitter.com/rZTqnSECj4
— UCL Fight The Fakes (@UCLFightsFakes) March 16, 2018
Thank you to #Global ?? #PharmaLeaders CEO of @FIP_org @DrCDuggan & @FIPEduDirector Prof Bates for your support of the @UCLFightsFakes Panel & Networking Night cohosted by @CW_Pharmacists @School_Pharmacy #UCLFakeMedsPanel #FightTheFakes pic.twitter.com/pLEd2rYti8
— Oksana Pyzik (@OksanaPyzikUCL) March 20, 2018
