Pharma industry calls for broad-based cooperation to fight on-line sales of counterfeit medicines
The global pharmaceutical industry unveiled recommendations this week to tackle the growing public health threat of counterfeit or fake medicines. The industry’s call for increased public awareness and crackdown on makers of the unsafe products comes as a group of private US companies – including Google and Go Daddy - launches the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies (CSIP) initiative to target illegal Internet pharmacies.
The four research-based associations – the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), and Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) – support broad-based initiatives like the CSIP as important steps in the fight against counterfeits.
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