Articles
Click on the links below to read articles of interest about counterfeit medicines and the EAASM.
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Information sheet: European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines. This information sheet details the mission, objectives and strategy of the Alliance. (March 2007)
Information sheet: European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines – Become Part of the Solution. This information sheet highlights the growing problem of counterfeit medicines and identifies the role of the Alliance in addressing the issue. (March 2007)
Articles of interest:
Ian Banks (EAASM Board Member): Chip off the old block (PM Live)
Contraffazione: un problema global
Defending the patient: The EAASM has courted controversy with proposals to protect consumers from counterfeits. Jim Thomson
The 'click' of death? Operation PANGEA - the name given to the worldwide clampdown on internet sites selling counterfeit medicines, has brought this extremely serious problem fully into the spotlight (Irish Pharmacy News, January 2009)
British Medical Association Internet Medicines Press Release. A warning to patients about the dangers of buying prescription drugs via the internet has been released by the British Medical Association. (29 November 2007)
Parallel Trade is an Unacceptable Risk to Patient Safety. Jim Thomson launches a brutal and controversial assault on parallel trade. (August 2007)
How effective is the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in protecting patients? Jim Thomson, EAASM Chair, critically examines the protocols in place which are supposed to keep UK patients protected against substandard and counterfeit medicines (Pharma Marketletter, 29 October 2007)
Are Your Pills Fake? As counterfeit medicines reach local chemists, are YOU at risk? (Daily Mail, 23 October 2007)
World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya recently signed a declaration vowing for the 176 Member Customs administrations to combat the counterfeit pharmaceutical industry.
MHRA investigation leads to 6 month prison sentence for sale and supply of fake slimming pills
MEPs have overwhelmingly approved plans for strengthening draft EU legislation aimed at preventing counterfeit medicines from entering the supply chain, with the inclusion of internet drug sales. 
