Table 1 Websites used for information searching about poor quality medicines
International Organisations and NGOs | Medicine Regulatory Authorities and national bodies | Pharmaceutical Industry |
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WHO Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies | Ghana Food and Drugs Board | Securing Pharma |
WHO Prequalification Programme | Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board | Pharmaceutical Security Institute |
International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) | NAFDAC Nigeria | Reconnaissance International |
International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities | Thailand Food and Drugs Administration | No to Fakes |
ReMeD-Réseau Médicaments et Développement | Health Sciences Authority, Government of Singapore | Sanofi |
Fondation Chirac | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK Government | Pfizer |
Medical Products Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC) Unit of INTERPOL | US Food and Drug Administration | Â |
Permanent Forum on International Pharmaceutical Crime | Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, USA. Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs | Alert lists and systems |
Medicines Transparency Alliance | Â | WHO-WPRO Rapid Alert System for Counterfeit Medicines |
Médecins Sans Frontières Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines | Academic/Research Initiatives | E-drug |
Third World Network | ACT Consortium | E-med |
Council of Europe-Medicrime convention | ACT Watch | E-fármacos |
European Alliance to safe meds | QUAMED, ITM, Antwerp | Partnership for safe medicines |
United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime | Counterfeit Drug Forensic Investigation Network (CODFIN) | Mpedigree |
Thai Pharmaceutical System Research and Development Foundation (PhaRed) | Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est Contemporaine | PharmaSecure |
United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) PQM: Promoting the Quality of Medicines in Developing Countries | Chatham House | Sproxil |
The Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) | Africa fighting Malaria | Safe Medicines Beta |
IRACM Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines | The CONPHIRMER consortium | Pharmabiz |
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Newspaper websites with interest in medicine quality | Â | Â |
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