Counterfeit medicines are a serious threat to the health of people around the world. Fake medications can give patients a false sense of security (counterfeit vaccines, birth control, etc.), result in ineffective treatments or, in the worst case scenarios, death.
According to the World Health Organization, a counterfeit medicine is “a medicine, which is deliberately and fraudulently mislabelled with respect to identity and/or source. Counterfeiting can apply to both branded and generic products”.
While counterfeit medicines have been a problem for at least the past two decades, our increasingly global economy and improvements in technology have made this illegal industry more lucrative and more difficult to control. E-commerce alone has dramatically contributed to the growth of this problem as many fake products are sold illegally on unauthorized web sites, undermining public health efforts around the globe.
ProtectMyMeds.com offers a comprehensive resource for up-to-date information on counterfeit medicines -- read the latest news coverage, statistics about counterfeit medicines, or position statements from international patient and health care organizations.
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