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WHO convenes stakeholders to find global solutions to counterfeit drugs

Published in Law and Health Weekly, March 18th, 2006

In a bid to accelerate the war on fake drugs, the The World Health Organization (WHO) pushed for stronger global cooperation, political commitment, and creative solutions at a February 16-18, 2006, meeting in Rome.

WHO aims to create a global task force involving all major interested parties. The task force will focus on legislation and law enforcement, trade, risk communications, and innovative technology solutions, including public-private initiatives for applying new technologies to the detection of counterfeits and technology transfer to developing countries.

The counterfeiting of medicines is present in all countries and is thought to represent...

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