Attacking fake medicines from all sides

By Luc Besançon, Pharm.D. | Chief Executive Officer, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)Fake medicines kill an estimated one million people annually. We know, for example, that almost a third of Africa’s antimalarials supply is fake—and leads to 120,000 unnecessary deaths per year. Around the world, many others suffer health problems—sometimes permanent—because of these substandard, spurious products.