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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COUNTERFEIT DRUGS

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COUNTERFEIT DRUGS

Medicines are not just any old product - the marketing of false medicinal products has more serious consequences than other types of counterfeiting.

Counterfeit medicines, unlike other instances of counterfeiting or drug consumption, are always sold without the knowledge of the patient. Patients do not choose to buy counterfeit drugs ... they are victims.

The counterfeiting of medicines has become professionalized. It is difficult to address, both in terms of the visual detection of the products themselves and in relation to their distribution. Not to mention the risks related to the purchase of medicines over the internet in general and the risks of buying fake medicines in particular.

What do you know about the circuit of an illegal drug, the concept of false medication, the contents of true versus false medications, the turnover of the traffic in false medicines, the strategies used by cyber- traffickers or action at international level?

This training will provide you with all the information you need to understand the fight against counterfeit medicines and will give you a better understanding of the different issues and challenges of this struggle.

  • Medicinal products: from the molecule to the finished product
  • Counterfeiting worldwide
  • The marketing of medicinal products
  • The internet problem
  • Anti-counterfeiting legislation
  • Technical solutions in the fight against this scourge
  • Anti-counterfeiting action

You can undertake this training in a linear way, module by module, or you can browse from one module to the other using the summary.

It's up to you

ABOUT IRACM

The primary role of the International Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM) is to raise awareness among the public and the authorities about the planetary threat posed by counterfeit medicines. Since its creation, IRACM has become a centre of excellence in its area of expertise.

The institute fulfils a range of tasks:

  • assisting governments to organize themselves better in this fight, defining their priorities and developing the resources to achieve their objectives;
  • training field agents engaged in the fight against this traffic: customs, the police and health agencies;
  • compiling knowledge on the subject of counterfeit medicines;
  • disseminating good practice and know-how;
  • offering its expertise and exchanging information with health authorities and government departments or agencies.

In September 2013, IRACM published an authoritative study report on "counterfeit medicines and criminal organizations".

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