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Poisons in Counterfeit Medications
Road paint, antifreeze, and heavy metals have all been found in counterfeit drugs…and more. Investigators have discovered all of these poisons, and many others, in medications purchased online from fake pharmacies. Medications that have sickened patients, and even killed some. Counterfeiters ply their trade anywhere they can find breaks in the closed, secure U.S.…
[...]SAFEMEDICINES Teaches You 5 Kinds of Poisons Found in Counterfeit Medicines
Learn more about heavy metals, actual poisons, toxic household items, unsafe drugs substituted for safe ones, or counterfeit drugs without any active ingredients that investigators have found in fake drugs purchased online by unsuspecting consumers.
[...]A Risky Proposition: Opening the US to Foreign Medicines Will Put American Children at Heightened Risk
In 2011, the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) released a report detailing the dangers posed to American children if the secure and safe U.S. medical supply chain is opened to foreign drugs through importation.
[...]FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Stolen Advair Inhalers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning that a number of Advair Diskus inhalers that were stolen in 2009 have been found in some pharmacies and that consumers should not used the stolen products. The products were reported stolen from a GlaxoSmithKline warehouse near Richmond, Virginia, in August 2009. These recently…
[...]Can you spot a counterfeit version of a drug you take?
NBC’s Today show aired a piece this morning about counterfeits. Host Matt Lauer, who takes Lipitor, is shown two packages of pills. One bag has counterfeit Lipitor pills and the other one has the real drug. He looks at it and cannot figure out which is which. Check out the clip: Watch the full clip…
[...]SafeMeds Postcards
These oversized postcards sent to Hill staff illustrate the dangers of counterfeit drugs and the Partnership’s core principles: protect the pharmaceutical supply chain, regulate online pharmacies, and fight counterfeit drug. We encourage you to share these postcards electronically or in printed form with your constituency.
[...]Consumer Toolkit: Protecting Yourself from Counterfeit Drugs
Safe Savings Download your own copy of SAFEMEDICINES Safe Savings. Americans are searching for less expensive medication, but also want assurance that the drugs they rely on are safe, untainted and regulated to ensure quality. Americans looking for better prices on prescription drugs don’t have to look far. Smart shoppers with the right information can…
[...]Protecting Yourself & Your Family Chinese Partnership for Safe Medicines
患者和供应商需要警惕和意识到与网上药店及伪劣药品相关的现实风险。您需要了解伪劣药品，以便防范、检测伪劣药品并向相关机构报告。这样，您能够尽量减少买到伪劣药品的风险，还能够向州食品与药品管理局及其他打假机构报告相关案例，对伪劣药品进行回击。 安全药品 安全药品检查清单是 Partnership for Safe Medicines 提供的一体化培训工具，可通过多种具体途径防范、检测伪劣药品并向相关机构报告。请随意打印或散发。单击图片获得一份副本。 培训指南 州食品与药品管理局 。州食品与药品管理局提供多种材料，指导您防范、检测伪劣药品并向相关机构报告。重要资源包括： 伪劣药品问答、消费者培训材料、不宜从网上购买的药品、突击检查情况更新、正品与伪劣药品图片对比，以及更多信息。 全国消费者联盟。全国消费者联盟 (NCL) 为消费者提供方便的指南，协助消费者识别伪劣药品并向 fraud.org 报告。
[...]Counterfeit Combat Chinese Partnership for Safe Medicines
政府和多边举措 药品打假是一场全球性的斗争，涉及许多政府组织和政府间组织。本页提供有关这些组织的指南。如果您要在本页中添加举措，请联系我们。 世界卫生组织 伪劣药品。情况说明书编号 275。2006 年 2 月更新。 伪劣药品一般信息。点此进入主页。 药品打假措施的制定方针。文档 WHO/EDM/QSM/99.1，点此在线浏览。 国际药品打假工作组 (IMPACT) IMPACT 代表国际药品打假工作组 (International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce)。它是由世界卫生组织及其合作伙伴推出的举措，其中包括 Partnership for Safe Medicines。本页包含的信息涉及 IMPACT 宣传交流团队的多项工作： 活动日程、成功培训材料范例以及多媒体档案。您可以向 information@safemedicines.org 提交具有展示价值的材料。 其他多边举措 OECD： 经济合作与发展组织 OECD/WIPO 就如何衡量伪造及盗版情况召开的会议。2005 年 10 月 17-18 日 美国 食品与药品管理局 FDA 药品打假主页 2006 年 6 月工作组报告。 2006 年 2 月关于 FDA 药品打假举措的公开讨论会和供应商展出 2005…
[...]Partnership for Safe Medicines Consumer Resources: Chinese
Partnership for Safe Medicines Consumer Resources: Chinese We are beginning to develop our resources for our Chinese audience. The following pages represent the first efforts in this area: Tools for Pharmacists 药品打假十法 Combat Counterfeits 政府和多边举措 Protect Yourself 安全药品
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