Showing posts with label Fight the Fakes Campained launched; Ten international organizations have joined forces!. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fight the Fakes Campained launched; Ten international organizations have joined forces!. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Fight the Fakes Campaign launched; Ten international organizations have joined forces!

Counterfeit and contaminated drugs aren’t just problems in the Ten  international organizations have joined forces in a new campaign called Fight the Fakes to boost cooperation in the battle against counterfeit medicines. Organizations supporting Fight the Fakes pledged to “raise awareness about the dangers of fake medicines by giving a voice to those who have been personally impacted and sharing the stories of those working to put a stop to this threat to public health.”  
 
   Fight the Fakes campaign is designed to raise awareness about the “under-reported, yet growing threat” of fake medicines, which “trick patients into believing they are receiving genuine medicines while they are getting deceitful products that could cause further illness, disability or even death,”  “In launching this new campaign, partners share the belief that to address this public health threat, public awareness and coordinated actions among all actors involved in the manufacturing and distribution of medicines are vital.” 

See article on Securing Industry for source and quotes