WHO Member State Mechanism on Substandard and Falsified Products Discussion

Interview between the FDA’s Office of Global Policy and Strategy’s Communications Team and Dr. Paul Huleatt on the Member State Mechanism and his work as the Chair of the Mechanism’s Steering Committee. On top of being the Chair of the Mechanism’s Steering Committee, Dr. Huleatt represents Australia and the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific ...

WHO Medical Product Alert: TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE OPHTHALMIC

This WHO medical product alert refers to batches of TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT USP 1% manufactured by Galentic Pharma (India) Pvt. Ltd.This ointment is usually indicated for use in bacterial blepharitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, bacterial keratitis, and trachoma.However, five international procurers of the product independently conducted a visual examination of random samples of stock on hand ...

Navigating the Complexities of Essential Medicines and Health Product Policies

The World Health Organization is organizing a 5-day seminar in Geneva, aimed at professionals working in the pharmaceutical sector in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this seminar is to allow participants to deepen their knowledge on critical issues such as the quality, supply, pricing issues, regulations, and falsified products,  and understand how WHO ...

 WHO Alert – Yemen and Lebanon – Substandard (contaminated) METHOTREXTM

The following message is courtesy of Dr. Raffaella Ravinetto, Public Health Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium. Dear Friends,  Sadly, I am sharing one more WHO Alert that concerns a poor-quality medicine that harmed children. As the Alert reads, “following adverse events in pediatric patients receiving METHOTREXTM 50mg, the health authorities in both Yemen ...

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QUAMED joins the Global Health Supplies discussion on Nov 28th 2022

The QUAMED director Ed Vreeke participates in the Joint UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO meeting with manufacturers and suppliers in Copenhagen ( 28 November-01 December 2022). The title of the meeting is Global Health Supplies: Paradigm Shifts in Market Authorization, Procurement and Supply Chains Approach. We are represented to learn more about the quality assurance systems of suppliers and the QA needs of procurers ...

QUAMED becomes part of WHO’s Coalition of Interested Parties (CIP)

QUAMED is part of the World Health Organization’s Coalition of Interested Parties  As formulated by the WHO: “The purpose of CIP is to establish and promote a unified, strategic and coordinated approach to national and regional RSS, with a view to enhancing access to safe, effective and quality medical products”. This aligns perfectly with our vision and ...

WHO Alert for Sub-standard Medical Product

The WHO Medical Product Alert refers to 8 sub-standard products, identified in South-East Asia. These products were identified in Indonesia and reported by the natural regulatory authority (Badan POM) on 20 and 30 Oct 2022. The 8 products were: Termorex syrup, Flurin DMP syrup, Unibebi Cough Syrup, Unibebi Demam Paracetamol Drops, Unibebi Demam Paracetamol Syrup, ...

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