Mar 29, 2022
By: Vaamanaa Sethi
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...that substandard and falsified (SF) medical products noted an increase of 47 percent from 2020 to 2021.
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...vaccines, medicines, COVID test kits, antibiotics, face masks, and sanitisers.
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...risen by 20 percent from January 2018 to December 2020.
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...were reported in 2020, says the report.
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According to the report, antibiotics were the most counterfeited product with 35.4 percent in the share of the global value of seizures of fake pharmaceuticals, followed by male impotence pills (15.6 percent) and painkillers (10.4 percent).
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There were also reports of substandard personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, including N95 masks, being supplied to frontline hospital workers.
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SF medicines are one of the reasons for up to 1,16,000 malaria deaths annually in 7 sub-Saharan Africa alone, further reveals the report.
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Counterfeiting/SF harms all stakeholders. While the drug manufacturers’ brand integrity and sales are always at risk, there are issues with product recalls and liability clauses. Beyond economic losses, it is affecting almost all countries and humans in terms of health as well.
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