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Counterfeit Drugs

How to fight against counterfeit medicines ?

How to fight against counterfeit medicines ?
Counterfeit medicines are a global scourge with disastrous health and economic consequences. In her thesis entitled "Médicaments falsifiés : moyens de lutte et techniques de détection", defended in 2019 at the University of Rennes 1 (France), Jeannette Ngue explores in depth the strategies for...
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Antibiotic counterfeiting: A silent threat to public health

Antibiotic counterfeiting: A silent threat to public health
Antibiotics are essential medicines in the fight against bacterial infections. However, the counterfeiting of these treatments jeopardizes public health and contributes to the emergence of resistant bacteria. Let's decipher this major problem and its dramatic consequences.
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Counterfeit and illegal medicines: A growing global scourge

Counterfeit and illegal medicines: A growing global scourge
Counterfeit drugs and the trade in illegal pharmaceuticals have become major public health problems. This growing illicit market threatens not only the integrity of healthcare systems, but also the lives of millions of people worldwide. Let's take a look at the scale of this alarming phenomenon.
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Check My Med: Participatory science for drug safety

Check My Med: Participatory science for drug safety
The quality of medicines is a crucial public health issue, and each and every one of us can play an active role in the fight against counterfeit and illegal products. This is the central idea behind the "Check My Med" initiative, a participatory science project that invites the general public to...
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Drug quality: between counterfeit and illegal products

Drug quality: between counterfeit and illegal products
Counterfeit and illegal medicines represent a growing threat to public health. While the former misrepresent their identity or origin, the latter violate pharmaceutical laws. This scourge particularly affects sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, but is also spreading via illegal online...
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