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PSM India Founder Addresses Federation for International Pharmaceuticals
“Just one unsafe medicine threatens patient safety,” said Mr. Bejon Misra, founder of the Partnership for Safe Medicines India, as he urged stakeholders to work together for a safer supply chain.
Misra addressed the Federation for International Pharmaceuticals (FIP) symposium on counterfeit medicines in Hyderabad, September 6, 2011. He urged all stake holders to work together to educate and help protect patients around the globe.
Misra highlighted the importance of educating consumers to report adverse reactions from medicine in order to report unethical practices and expose the culprits.
Fake drugs: a global overdose
France24 investigates the “worldwide ring of counterfeit medications.” According to the video report, e-commerce explosion has accelerated the way counterfeit medicine arrives in Europe. In 2010, the European Commission confiscated 3 million units of fake drugs.
[...]Congressional Briefing: The Human Impact of Counterfeit Drugs
Congressional Briefing: The Human Impact of Counterfeit Drugs As the recent seizure of more than 8,000 counterfeit pills labeled as “harmless generic medicine” at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport demonstrates, Americans are not immune from the dangers of counterfeit drugs. This is a global public health threat that is gaining increasing national attention from the media (60…
[...]Larry Page Knew About Unlicensed Online Pharmacy Ads, Says US Attorney
As part of the Department of Justice’s settlement with Google for $500 million for accepting advertising money from unlicensed online pharmacies, the DOJ has agreed to seal from the public evidence of wrong doing by Google executives, including CEO Larry Page. The Justice Department said that the advertisements led to illegal imports of prescription drugs…
[...]How Can Nurses Help Protect Patients From Counterfeit Drugs?
As recent stories on 60 Minutes and CNN reported, counterfeit drugs are a growing public health threat in the United States and around the world. The Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care invite you to join us for a free webinar to learn how nurses can help protect…
[...]Willard and Shepherd
Suzanne Willard, PhD, CRNP, FAAN and Marv D. Shepherd, Ph.D. will be conducting the webinar
[...]Nashville Man Charged with Buying Counterfeit Drugs Internationally, Selling Locally
Edward Dwayne Clark, 44, of Antioch, TN, was arrested on August 22, 2011, and charged with three federal felonies for purchasing counterfeit medicine through the mail and selling them in the Nashville, TN area. The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee has charged Clark with selling counterfeit medicine with intent to mislead and…
[...]Cloud Based Track-And Trace Instituted to Fight Counterfeit Meds in India
A drug-authentication technology that used to track, trace and authenticate medications in Nigeria and Ghana is being deployed in India. The technology developed by Hewlett-Packard has been previously used by mPedigree in Africa. The service allows pharmaceutical companies to monitor the movement of products through the global supply chain and protects consumers from counterfeit medicines…
[...]Lipitor advertised on facebook
Fake Pharmacies Using Facebook as New Source of Customers
Researchers Bryan Liang and Timothy Mackey from the California Western School of Law and the University of California, San Diego, found that 90% of the top-selling medications are advertised by illegal online pharmacies promoting their sales without a prescription on social media websites.
Using the 10 highest grossing drugs of 2009, they found that 90% of these drugs had a non-corporate social media marketing presence by illegal online drug sellers, fake pharmacies marketing the sale of prescription drugs without a prescription and that are not verified by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) program.
When they expanded their research to include the top 20 globally marketed medicines 80% of the top 20 products were marketed either by advertising or linking to illegal online drug sellers using social media with pictures and direct links to illicit sellers.
Of those social media sources, Facebook alone accounted for 60% for the top 10 drugs and 50% for the top 20.