The Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) is a charity working to advance health by fighting falsified medicines in developing countries. Funded by Merck KGaA.
Ethiopia: Quality assessment of selected essential antimicrobial medicines from pharmacies in selected towns in eastern pockets of the country tinyurl.com/m7axb73v
India: Eight men in Delhi were arrested for running a network selling fake or unauthorized cancer drugs sourced from countries, including Egypt and Turkey tinyurl.com/mshdm8mm
UK drug dupe: Urgent warning over new £30 ‘Ozempic-like’ weight loss pills that are ‘better than Mounjaro’ – as ‘fakes’ flood internet tinyurl.com/mva35xe3
Europe: An international operation backed by Europol dismantled a long-running criminal network trafficking counterfeit medicines and supplements across six countries. tinyurl.com/nhcznprd
International: INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea XVIII, which was conducted in March this year across 90 countries, resulted in the seizure of more than 6.4 million doses of illicit pharmaceuticals worth $15.5 million tinyurl.com/f2duf8aa
Nigeria: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control found 277 cartons (1,800 doses) of fake antimalarial drugs in a 40-foot container from China tinyurl.com/yfhnppfy