Blogs

March 5, 2010

Who knew that slow bureaucracy is one of the biggest barriers to access to medicines?

January 25, 2010

A drug inspector in Pakistan has spilled the beans on corruption within the state department which is fuelling the trade in fake medicines.

IPN has long argued that state corruption and...

January 20, 2010

New anti-counterfeiting laws may not be a silver bullet against dangerous fake products, but Sisule Musungu is wrong...

December 27, 2009

Drug manufacturers should disregard profit and instil security seals on products to help patients identify fakes--this is...

December 2, 2009

Indian industry website Pharmabiz today reports that "health ministry sources" are accusing IPN of "unscientifically" constructing reports on fake medicines--while promoting a...

December 2, 2009

More developments in the Argentinian fake medicines scandal which, in case you haven't been reading, has been linked to key supporters of the President.

December 1, 2009

Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS) doesn't fare too well in comparisons of cancer survival rates.  Every year studies show far more deaths under the NHS's watch than in...

November 27, 2009

The Ukraine government has hyped up the threat of swine flu, causing panic-driven demand for medicines, claims an...

November 26, 2009

“UK experts” warn that the government target for cutting the salt you put on a baked potato isn’t strict enough.

November 19, 2009

The latest headline-filling case of NHS rationing emerges today, with news that another new cancer drug will be...