Counterfeits
Keeping It Real - Protecting the world's poor from fake drugs
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
AP: Africans text message to check if drugs are real
IPN News coverage
Julian Harris comments on a technological solution to the fake drug problem in Africa.
A Safe Medicines Chest for the World
Julian Harris, co-author of a new study on counterfeit medicines in India, will speak at this Legatum Institute event in London
A Safe Medicines Chest for the World
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Counterfeit and substandard medicines are still harming the reputation of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and endangering the wellbeing of patients, according to a recent survey.
India's Fake Drugs are a Real Problem
IPN Opinion article
Bad medicines don't just threaten lives, they undermine the entire medical system.
The new boom in malaria
World Malaria Day, 25 April - The biggest threat is the rise of drug-resistant parasites due to fake and sub-standard medicines. As with other drugs before, this resistance is emerging all along the Mekong, from Cambodia to Myanmar, where the wonder-drug artemisinin is already failing: this threatens malaria victims everywhere.
