How to Achieve International Action on Falsified and Substandard Medicines

BMJ, 2012, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7381

6 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2012

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Amir Attaran

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section; University of Ottawa - Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine

Donna Barry

Partners in Health

Shamnad Basheer

Nirma University - Institute of Law

Roger Bate

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

David Benton

International Council of Nurses

James Chauvin

World Federation of Public Health Associations

Laurie Garrett

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Ilona Kickbusch

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Jillian C. Kohler

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

Kamal Midha

International Pharmaceutical Federation

Paul Newton

University of Oxford

Sania Nishtar

Heartfile

Paul Orhii

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control

Martin McKee

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Date Written: November 1, 2012

Abstract

Substandard and falsified medicines kill patients, yet progress on the twin challenges of safeguarding the quality of genuine medicine and criminalising falsified ones has been held back by controversy over intellectual property rights and confusion over terms. Amir Attaran and colleagues propose a global treaty to overcome the problems.

Keywords: substandard medicines, falsified medicines, global treaty

Suggested Citation

Attaran, Amir and Attaran, Amir and Barry, Donna and Basheer, Shamnad and Bate, Roger and Benton, David and Chauvin, James and Garrett, Laurie and Kickbusch, Ilona and Kohler, Jillian C. and Midha, Kamal and Newton, Paul and Nishtar, Sania and Orhii, Paul and McKee, Martin, How to Achieve International Action on Falsified and Substandard Medicines (November 1, 2012). BMJ, 2012, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7381, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2178601

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Partners in Health ( email )

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Shamnad Basheer

Nirma University - Institute of Law ( email )

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Roger Bate

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) ( email )

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David Benton

International Council of Nurses ( email )

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James Chauvin

World Federation of Public Health Associations ( email )

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Laurie Garrett

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) ( email )

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Ilona Kickbusch

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ( email )

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Switzerland

Jillian C. Kohler

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto ( email )

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Canada

Kamal Midha

International Pharmaceutical Federation ( email )

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Netherlands

Paul Newton

University of Oxford ( email )

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United Kingdom

Sania Nishtar

Heartfile ( email )

Islamabad
Pakistan

Paul Orhii

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ( email )

Abuja
Nigeria

Martin McKee

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ( email )

United Kingdom

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