Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting Calls for Increased Corporate Responsibility and a Framework Convention
Paris, France (PRWEB) March 21, 2005 — Participants at the Second Global Forum on Pharmaceutical Anticounterfeiting in Paris demand increased cooperation at all levels and a framework convention to fight counterfeiting of medicines. Combating counterfeit drugs requires the involvement of all parties in the healthcare and pharmaceutical delivery system, placing the onus on manufacturers, all supply chain stakeholders, patients and health professionals as well as regulators and law enforcement to mobilise against fake medicines. Counterfeit drugs penetrate health systems throughout the world, both in industrialised and in developing countries.