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Combatting Falsified Medical Products and Similar Crimes Through Legal Instruments and Practical Measures

(15/05/12) The conference, held on 16 May 2012 in Copenhagen (Denmark), will provide for sessions about recent international legislation concerning falsifying of medical products and similar crimes, the importance of co-operation and networking as indispensable prerequisites for tackling those crimes. By invitation only.

Download the programme of the conference on Combatting Falsified Medical Products

eTACT Workshops - Get Involved

(07/05/12) If you are interested in participating or would like to know more about the eTACT project, the EDQM is organising a series of workshops in Strasbourg, in its eTACT Showroom. The workshops are open to those coming from competent authorities, patients associations, registered business stakeholders from the medicines supply chain (i.e. manufacturers, distributors and pharmacists with valid licences only), and associations representing individual stakeholders.
For registered business stakeholders, a copy of the valid manufacturing, importation, distributor or pharmacy licence or authorisation from a competent authority must be appended to the registration form, as well as the contact details of the authority responsible for the authorisation. If the licence is not in English, French or German, a translation into English or French must be provided. If you represent an association, please indicate clearly what type of association it is (e.g. patient, manufacturer, wholesale distributor, pharmacy, hospital, etc.). 

• To register, please download and complete the registration form and return it by email.
• More information on eTACT

The EDQM progresses with eTACT, its Patient-Oriented Traceability System for Medicines

(18/04/12) The EDQM is of the opinion that a system of mass serialisation for medicines, aimed at preventing counterfeit medicines from entering the legal supply-chain, has to strictly follow the interest of patients. 

• Read the Press Release on the EDQM's progress with eTACT
• More information on the eTACT project

Cosmetic Products: Council of Europe adopts new Resolution

(19/03/12) On 14 March 2012, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a Resolution on Cosmetic

Products Intended for Infants. It recommends that Council of Europe member states implement measures to reduce health

risks arising from exposure of infants to cosmetic products and their ingredients.

• Read the Resolution on Cosmetic Products Intended for Infants
• Read the Press Release on the new Resolution on Cosmetic Products

EDQM sets up two new web pages on eTACT and the Medicrime Convention

(12/03/12) Following the recent eTACT workshop presenting to a large audience the EDQM IT-based traceability service for medicines, the EDQM has set up a new web page to present the service and the latest news on its development.

• Visit the eTACT web page
• Read the Press Release on the eTACT service

A web page dedicated to the Medicrime Convention, which establishes as offences the manufacturing, the supplying and the trafficking of counterfeit medical products, has also been created. The web page provides information on the background and the scope of the Convention as well as coverage of events and a map of the countries that have signed it.

Visit the web page on the Medicrime Convention

Counterfeit medical products: 3 more countries join the Council of Europe Medicrime Convention

(18/01/11) On October 28th 2011, 12 countries paved the way for the implementation of the Medicrime Convention by signing the first international treaty which establishes as offences the manufacturing, the supplying and the trafficking of counterfeit medical products. Since then, 3 countries have joined them: Liechtenstein (4/11/2011), Luxembourg (22/12/2011) and just recently Denmark (12/1/2012).

• Read the press release on the signature of the Medicrime Convention
• Read the final conclusions of the Moscow conference

• Consult the Chart of signatures and ratifications of the Medicrime Convention

ISBT creates new award for developing countries

(18/01/12) The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) has lately announced a new award, the ISBT Award for Developing Countries. Its purpose is to encourage blood services, centers or individuals in developing countries to develop blood transfusion activities but also to recognize their achievements in the field of blood transfusion. It will also help the ISBT bring developed and developing countries closer together by creating awareness around the challenges faced today by developing countries. The first ISBT award will be granted in July 2012.

• Read the ISBT press release on the Award for Developing Countries

• Go to the ISBT website for more information