Guidance for pharmacists: how to detect and report counterfeit medicines

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The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7402 p627-628
27 May 2006

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Guidance for pharmacists: how to detect and report counterfeit medicines

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This guidance has been produced jointly by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Correspondence to: Heidi Wright, Head of Quality Improvement, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN
e-mail heidi.wright@rpsgb.org

Patient information leaflet

A patient information leaflet on counterfeit medicines is being prepared and will be made available to download from the websites of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

SUMMARY

This article discusses the growing problem of counterfeit medicines and the actions being taken in Britain and internationally to stop their distribution. It explains the steps pharmacists should take to establish the integrity of product sources, to detect counterfeit products that have penetrated the pharmaceutical supply chain and to report any suspected defective products