October 2010

Access to quality medicines and healthcare

The proceedings from the conference “How to fight falsified medicines”

Mutualité Française, 15th October 2010 On 15th October 2010, the Mutualité Française, in partnership with the Fondation Chirac and the Fondation Pierre Fabre, organized a conference on fake medicines. ! Download the summary report of the conference:

http://www.fondationchirac.eu/wp-content/uploads/Les-Actes-du-colloque-de-la-Mutualité-Française-Le-trafic-des-faux-médicaments-comment-le-combattre.pdf      Several suggestions in fighting against fake medicines:

• Improvement and safety reinforcement of distribution channels • The systematic creation of national quality control laboratories for medicines • Expert level training for laboratory personnel • The promotion of South-South collaboration between quality control laboratories • The development of the production of generic medicines • The harmonization of legislation of 47 member states of th Council of Europe • The harmonization of standards for the market entry of medication and

customs regulations, thanks to stronger regional political integration of developing countries