// December 12, 2016
Attacking Fake Medicines From All Sides
International Pharmaceutical Federation CEO Luc Besançon guest blogs about how to combat fake medicines proliferation.
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// April 17, 2023
USP’s Preferential Access for Regulators (PAR) Program: Supporting the Global Supply ...
In the U.S. and around the world, quality standards developed by the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) support the availability of safe, quality medicines, regulatory efficiencies, and a strong global medicine supply chain.
// April 25, 2017
Is There an End to Malaria Without Quality Medicines?...
Today, we join the global health community in marking World Malaria Day. As we reflect on the major strides being made against this deadly disease, we also recognize that critical obstacles remain.
// May 24, 2016
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in LMICs: Where Things Go Wrong...
In LMICs, the availability of medicines manufactured locally that do not meet quality standards is a leading cause of treatment failure and adverse events in patients and is undermining public health interventions. But where do things go wrong during pharmaceutical manufacturing in LMICs that give rise to this problem? Learn more.
// April 25, 2016
Quality Assurance is Key to Ending Malaria—For Good...
On this World Malaria Day, the world is calling for an end to malaria. We must increase efforts to ensure that antimalarials used to treat malaria are safe, effective and of good-quality. Here are some ways we can close the treatment gap and provide the millions of people newly infected with malaria each year with reliable, quality-assured medicines.
// June 30, 2015
Battling the Epidemic of Illegal Online Drug Sellers and Counterfeit Medicines...
Despite efforts to establish strong pharmaceutical quality standards worldwide, illegal online drug sales of dangerous counterfeit medicines remains an urgent public health concern.
// February 03, 2015
USP Programs Help Tighten Africa’s Public Health Safety Net...
Poor quality medicines are the source of an alarming, but often overlooked global health crisis. A report from the International Policy Network estimates that 700,000 people die every year from fake anti-malarial and tuberculosis drugs alone.
// January 29, 2015
Nigeria Celebrates a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Substandard Medicines...
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) marked a major milestone in the fight against substandard and poor quality drugs by acheiving internationally recognized ISO 17025 accreditation.
// December 02, 2014
Quality Medicines Protect Vulnerable Populations
Access to quality care and medicines is an integral part of public health. For USP, an organization that creates and promotes public standards for medicines and foods, quality and access are two sides of the same coin and in fact the absence of either one actually threatens effectiveness of medical care around the world.
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