Globally, the annual number of new infections among children (0-14 years) has almost halved since 2010 with a 47% reduction in new HIV cases.1 Since 1995, an estimated 1.6 million new HIV infections among children have been averted due to the provision of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) to women living with HIV during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The vast majority of these infections (1.3 milli...

Drug counterfeiting has become a problem of immense magnitude worldwide which has aroused a significant level of attention among researchers, managers and policy makers. The counterfeit drug industry is estimated to be worth $200 billion a year [1] and has been defined as the “The crime of the 21st century” (ACG Report 2003), present in almost every industry with Asia appearing to be the single...

DEAR EDITOR, World Health Organization defines a counterfeit medicine as the one which is deliberately and fraudulently mislabeled with respect to identity and/ or source. It incorporates both branded and generic products and even includes products with correct/ wrong/insufficient/no active ingredients, or fake packaging. However, the European Union has proposed falsified medicines as a more ap...

Globally, the annual number of new infections among children (0-14 years) has almost halved since 2010 with a 47% reduction in new HIV cases.1 Since 1995, an estimated 1.6 million new HIV infections among children have been averted due to the provision of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) to women living with HIV during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The vast majority of these infections (1.3 milli...

Counterfeit products are internationally regarded as “the world’s second greatest public health hazards after drugs”. Counterfeiters produce counterfeit brand clothing and then sell them to consumers through unofficial channels; thus, spend a lot of money without getting the value they deserve. With rise e-shopping, safety security branded supply chains also under threat. apparel manufacturers ...

The appearance of counterfeit medicines in supply chains is a global public health problem that may seriously affect patients. Counterfeit drugs do not meet quality standards and do not declare their real composition and/or source for the purposes of fraud. They may be generic or innovative, they may contain genuine constituents in a fake packaging, or wrong ingredients, or inactive ingredients...

1106 Vol 350 • October 11, 1997 3 WHO. Management Sciences for Health in Collaboration with World Health Organization Action Programme on Essential Drugs. In: Management drug supply. Hartford: Kumavian Press, 1997. 4 Market News Service. Pharmaceutical Raw Materials/Essential Drugs, International Trade Centre, UNCTAD/GATT in collaboration with the World Health Organization. August, 1997. Indeed...

The definition of a counterfeit drug would at firsthand seem relatively simple: “a medicinal product that is produced and sold to deceptively represent its origin, authenticity or effectiveness”.1 However, when we actually consider the differences in terminology used among international providers of health care, it would seem that a legal definition of counterfeit as described in a legal text s...

AIM To report on Polish hospital health care workers' and lay persons' knowledge about counterfeit medicine products. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cross-sectional design was used. Two types of questionnaire survey about counterfeit medicine, separate for health care professionals and lay persons were completed by 201 physicians and nurses, and 450 adult Polish residents between October 2008 and Janu...