Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs

"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...

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Main Author: Seiter, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5134
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spelling okr-10986-51342021-04-23T14:02:21Z Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs Seiter, A. Consumer Product Safety Drug and Narcotic Control Humans Prescription Drugs World Health World Health Organization "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. 2012-03-30T07:31:28Z 2012-03-30T07:31:28Z 2009 Journal Article Clin Pharmacol Ther 1532-6535 (Electronic) 0009-9236 (Linking) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5134 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic Consumer Product Safety
Drug and Narcotic Control
Humans
Prescription Drugs
World Health
World Health Organization
spellingShingle Consumer Product Safety
Drug and Narcotic Control
Humans
Prescription Drugs
World Health
World Health Organization
Seiter, A.
Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
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description "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.
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author Seiter, A.
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title Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
title_short Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
title_full Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
title_fullStr Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
title_full_unstemmed Health and Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
title_sort health and economic consequences of counterfeit drugs
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