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WHO To Review Impact Of Mechanism For Tackling Substandard & Falsified Drugs

 
• By Ian Schofield

Recent incidents of illness and death caused by contaminated cough syrups show that there is a need to review the “member state mechanism” that is intended to coordinate efforts to tackle poor quality medical products, the World Health Organization says.

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More collaboration is needed on tackling substandard drugs at global level • Source: Shutterstock

An independent review of the World Health Organization’s mechanism for tackling substandard and falsified medical products is to be carried out this year, prompted by the recent discovery of contaminated medicines in various markets and “related preventable deaths,” according to the WHO.

A decision to conduct the review of the “member state mechanism” (MSM) was approved at last week’s World Health Assembly, and will be initiated at the next MSM

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