Healthy Skepticism Library item: 17897

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Publication type: Journal Article

Kapp C.
Counterfeit drug problem
Lancet 2002 Oct 5; 360:(9339):1080
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)11185-8/fulltext

Abstract:

One of the most comprehensive conferences to date on counterfeit Pharmaceuticals, held in Geneva Sept 22—25, reached the conclusion that there is a glaring lack of political will to tackle a seriously underestimated problem.nAs if to underline the point, the meeting was organised by Reconaissance International, a private consultancy, “with the participation”, but not leadership, of WHO and was held at a luxury lakeside hotel rather than just up the road at the health agency’s headquarters. Some 2 …

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MeSH Terms: * Drug Industry/standards* * Drug and Narcotic Control/organization & administration* * Fraud/prevention & control* * Humans * World Health* * World Health Organization