Lower costs for prescription drugs for seniors on Medicare Part D has lowered online victims of counterfeit medicine as well. National Association of Boards of Pharmacy executive director, Carmen Catizone, told Fox News, “Thankfully, we haven’t seen as many seniors being taken advantage of [by fake online pharmacies] since Medicare Part D began offering more…
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Fox News conducted a question and answer session with experts in medicine about the real risks and dangers to consumers from counterfeit medicines in the market. With a nod to PSM’s 2010 Interchange, Fox quoted Dr. Margaret Hamburg’s keynote speech at the Interchange: “In some parts of the world, somewhere between 30% and 50% of…
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Deputy Director Kumar Kibble of the U.s. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security delivered the keynote address. Kibble started his remarks by reminding us that he is personally inspired Dr. Francses Kelsey of the FDA who blocked the use of thalidomide in the US for pregnant women in 1960, while over 10,000 children in other…
Collaboration within the U.S. government, collaboration between governments themselves, and collaboration with the private sector and, all stakeholder groups is essential to the fight against counterfeit and substandard medicines, said U.S. Under Secretary of State Robert D. Hormats during a speech today at the annual Interchange hosted today by the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM).
At the third panel, "Safe Medicines: The Role of Patients & Healthcare Professionals," Jeremiah Mwangi, Policy & External Affairs Director, International Alliance of Patients' Organizations, spoke on the role of patients. Mwangi said that counterfeit drugs are a matter of patient safety, eroding trust in healthcare systems, and creating a public health risk. IAPO has…
The second panelist, Connie Jung from the Office of Drug Security, Integrity and Recall from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration spoke about how to help patients protect themselves from counterfeit drugs. She said that patients first of all need to be aware of the risk of receiving counterfeit medications and potential problems associated with…
Bejon Misra, Founder of Partnership for Safe Medicines India, moderated the third panel, "The Role of Patients & Healthcare Professionals." Misra began the session by showing a video that highlights the work of PSM India. Misra began by distributing tokens of appreciation from the Board of PSM India to the Board of Partnership for…
Maryland Attorney General, Douglas F. Gansler, spoke on Panel 2. Said Gansler, "We all have a blind trust in the drugs we take, the doctor says we'll get better when we take it, and we trust that medication is what it purports to be. "But counterfeit drugs make it not the case. " Said…