#1 Fighting the fakes – Aline Plançon

Fake medicines claim at least 200,000 lives every year, with the
World Health Organization estimating that 1 in 10 medicines
worldwide is now substandard or falsified. But with the market in
illicit drugs worth up to $200 billion a year, and traffickers
more likely to face a fine than jail time when they are caught,
the financial incentives far outweigh the deterrents. So how do
we put a stop to this deadly trade? Drug Safety Matters
investigates with former Interpol officer and PMEDS program
founder Aline Plançon.

Tune in to find out:


How widespread and dangerous fake medicines are

What makes pharmaceutical crime so successful

What action is being taken to curb the problem

How modern tracking technology can help

What we can do to raise awareness



Want to know more?


Read Aline Plançon’s book on fake medicines, Faux
Médicaments: Un Crime Silencieux (in French).

Find out how the World Health Organization is fighting
falsified and substandard medicines in UMC’s magazine Uppsala
Reports.

Teach your children about falsified medicines with UMC’s
comic book Annie & Mac’s Adventures: Lord Fake Strikes Again.
It’s available in English and Spanish.

Help raise awareness of the problem by joining the Fight the
Fakes campaign.






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