Useful resources
Here is a list of organisations involved in tackling the global problem of falsified and substandard medicines.
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International organisations and NGOs
- WHO Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies
- WHO Prequalification Programme
- International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT)
- International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
- ReMeD-Réseau Médicaments et Développement
- Fondation Chirac
- Medical Products Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC) Unit of INTERPOL
- Permanent Forum on International Pharmaceutical CrimE
- Medicines Transparency Alliance
- Médecins Sans Frontières Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
- Third World Network
- Council of Europe MEDICRIME Convention
- European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Thai Pharmaceutical System Research & Development Foundation (PhaRed)
- USP Medicines Quality Database
- The Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF)
- IRACM Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines
Medicine Regulatory Authorities and national bodies
- Ghana Food and Drugs Board
- Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board
- Nigeria National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
- Thailand Food and Drug Administration
- Health Sciences Authority, Government of Singapore
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK Government
- US Food and Drug Administration
- Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs
Academic/research initiatives
- ACT Consortium
- ACTwatch
- QUAMED, ITM, Antwerp
- Counterfeit Drug Forensic Investigation Network (CODFIN)
- Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est Contemporaine
- Chatham House
- Africa Fighting Malaria
- The CONPHIRMER consortium
- ReAct
Pharmaceutical industry
Alert lists and systems
- WHO-WPRO Rapid Alert System for Counterfeit Medicines
- E-drug e-drug [at] healthnet [dot] org
- E-med e-med [at] healthnet [dot] org
- E-fármacos e-farmacos [at] healthnet [dot] org
- Mpedigree
- PharmaSecure
- Safe Medicines
- Safe Medicines India
- Sproxil
- Pharmabiz