The World Health Organization and its international partners are cracking down on bogus medicines with a new initiative, launched at the first meeting of the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskfoce (IMPACT) on Wednesday.
The new strategy -- piloted by WHO and partners such as Interpol, the European Commission, the World Customs Organization, and 17 others -- plans to develop guidelines for countries to draft legislation pertinent to the gravity of medicine counterfeiting and new information sharing techniques.
According to WHO, counterfeit medicines can range from products that contain no active ingredients, to those that may also contain highly toxic substances that can cause drug resistance and, in some cases, death. WHO projects that more than 30 percent of drugs sold in areas of
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