Countries in which Substandard and Falsified Medical Products have been Discovered and Reported to the WHO.
Counterfeit Medicines are Manufactured with the Intent of Committing Fraud. Production Is Carried out Illegally and Without any Controls.
Categories of counterfeiting
• Products without active ingredient(s)
• Products with incorrect amounts (too much or too little) of the active ingredient
• Products with counterfeit / incorrect ingredients
• Products with a high degree of contamination
Substandard Medicines
Often, illegal medicines do not contain any of the active ingredient required to have an
effect, or do so in an incorrect dose.
Various substances that are used as fillers or substitutes can be harmful, contaminated
with impurities or even dangerous to life.
Facts & Figures
One in 10 medications in developing countries is counterfeit or of inadequate quality.
The WHO estimates that, every year, a million people die from taking counterfeit medicines.
• According to estimates by the WHO, half of all
counterfeit medicines involve generic preparations!
• Worldwide, the annual turnover of counterfeit
medicines in 2010 was around Euro 60 billion.
• 42% of all reports of counterfeiting of medicines came
to the WHO from Africa.
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