âThis book must be red not only by food and drug regulators but also by the general public who are keen about their health and implications of consuming counterfeit drugs.
It also revealed some major manufacturing companies that were blacklisted in different years due to their involvement in the production of counterfeit drugs and how to identify genuine and fake drugs.â
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NIGERIA : New book of Prof Dora Nkem Akunyili was the former Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Minister of Information and Communications: âThe War Against Counterfeit Medicine: My Story â
âThis book must be red not only by food and drug regulators but also by the general public who are keen about their health and implications of consuming counterfeit drugs.
REPORT: Lebanonâs battle against counterfeit drugs throughout the years
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CHINA : The State Food and Drug Administration and the Ministry of Public Security jointly seized more than 20,000 suspects for making and selling counterfeit medicine last year.
The suspects were involved in some 14,000 cases that amounted to more than 16 billion yuan (2.56 billion U.S. dollars) in value, according to a statement jointly released Wednesday by the two departments.
GHANA : Businesswoman grabbed with fake drugs
A businesswoman has found herself in the dock for allegedly importing and distributing into the Ghanaian market, 481 cartons of fake Tres-Orix Forte medicine valued at GHÂą120,215.50. The accused person, Rita Fordjour, aged 52, allegedly distributed the said poisonous drug to the Ashanti Region and N
TruScan ânot robust enough for substandard drug detectionâ
ThermoFisher Scientificâs TruScan device is increasingly used as a first-line screening defence against counterfeit medicines, but is not a reliable way to tackle the larger problem of substandard drugs. In simple terms, substandard medicines are a category that includes genuine drug products which
Tableau comparatif des mesures de sécurisation des médicaments
| Dispositif |
Réglementation |
Objectif |
Portée |
| Numérotation de série & Datamatrix |
Directive Falsified Medicines 2011/62/UE |
Traçabilité unitaire de chaque boßte du fabricant au patient |
Union Européenne & international |
| Témoin d'inviolabilité |
Norme ISO 21976 / EN 16679 |
Garantir que le conditionnement n'a pas été ouvert |
Officines et hĂŽpitaux |
| Vérification décentralisée |
EMVO / NMVS |
Désactivation du code lors de la dispensation |
SystÚmes nationaux interconnectés |
Foire Aux Questions sur la contrefaçon de médicaments
- Quels sont les indices permettant de repérer un médicament falsifié ?
- Des fautes d'orthographe sur l'emballage ou la notice, une altération de la couleur des comprimés, l'absence de numéro de lot ou un opercule dégradé doivent immédiatement alerter.
- Comment s'assurer de la légitimité d'une pharmacie en ligne ?
- En Europe, vérifiez impérativement la présence du logo officiel commun cliquable renvoyant vers le registre tenu par l'autorité nationale de santé compétente.
- Que faire en cas de soupçon sur un produit de santé ?
- Ne consommez pas le produit, conservez son emballage d'origine et signalez sans attendre le problÚme à votre médecin, votre pharmacien et l'autorité sanitaire locale.