Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs

• Tác giả: A Seiter
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 636.70 Animal husbandry
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 311320
• Chủ đề: 1. Consumer Product Safety; 2. Drug and Narcotic Control; 3. Humans; 4. Prescription Drugs; 5. World Health

Tóm tắt

"Counterfeit Drugs Kill" is the slogan the World Health Organization (WHO) uses in its anti-counterfeiting campaign. International organizations, governments of developed and developing countries, and the pharmaceutical industry created the IMPACT initiative (International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce) to take on the thriving illegal industry that makes profits by selling fake drugs. However, before committing resources, policy makers want to assess the burden caused by counterfeit drugs in comparison with other health problems that compete for the limited resources available.