Partnership for Safe Medicines Arms Public Against Counter...(.E.O. of the Pharmaceutical Security Ins...),Health

Date:12/1/2008

.E.O. of the Pharmaceutical Security Institute and Partnership board member, urged Congress and the Obama Administration to take this opportunity to further address the vulnerabilities threatening the safety of America's prescription drugs. "In today's global environment, healthcare professionals and patients must be attentive to where their pharmaceutical products are coming from. In fact, one of our members recently assessed more than 1,000 Internet sites selling medicine online and found that 97 percent did not appear to comply with state and federal laws or established patient safety and pharmacy practice standards." Kubic continued, "Nearly two-thirds of these sites offered foreign drugs, which are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and illegal to sell in the United States."

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 10 percent of the world's drugs are counterfeit. An important step in combating this public health threat is to educate consumers about the dangers of contraband and counterfeit drugs.

"Consumers and policymakers need to take an active role in the fight against counterfeit drugs," said Bryan A. Liang, M.D., Ph.D., J.D., vice president of the Partnership and an internationally recognized authority on the safety and vulnerability of the drug supply. "Medicines produced and sold outside of the United States aren't all regulated the same. The Partnership strongly believes that we must unify in the global fight against counterfeit drugs and send a clear message that we will not tolerate any criminal or unscrupulous activities that compromise public health."

In addition to offering free consumer resources, the Partnership developed the "Principles for Drug Safety," a set of guiding principles for building a national strategy to strengthen the U.S. distribution system and curtail the criminal counterfeit drug trade. The principles are aimed to address the u
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