Raffaella’s Literature Update

Ref. CIOMS Special Newsletter “Fighting antimicrobial resistance”, November 2022 Dear Friends, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), including bacterial resistance to antibiotics, is among the major concerns for global health. This short newsletter of the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) provides an overview of the situation, and a list of key-references for further reading. The ...

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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 ...

Rafaella’s Literature Update

Ref. Jenkins D, Diallo C, Payne M. Detecting falsified oral contraceptives by visual assessment and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (350-2500 nm): the need for supplementing traditional pharmacopeia techniques and the public health implications. Heliyon. 2022 Oct 1;8(10):e10837. Dear Friends,  Today I wish to share a contribution from David Jenkins and colleagues from FHI 360. For those ...

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Exciting News: QUAMED ISO9001:2015 certified

We are happy to inform you that QUAMED is now ISO9001:2015 certified, thanks to the hard work done by our operational team and the volunteers from our Technical Committee. The audit was conducted by BSI. Our efforts started in 2020 when we started working on expanding our internal policies, processes and procedures and making them ...

Call for abstracts: BE-CAUSE organizes sessions on “Breaking Taboos In Global Health

Be-Cause health has organised a call for abstracts and organised sessions: Breaking Taboos in Global Health. When: 23/03 24/03/2023 CET There are many challenges that still hinder access to equitable health, among which colonisation, discrimination and racism, unequal access to essential health services and quality medicines, and many more. Be-cause health, a platform of stakeholders ...

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, ...

William Wekwete

Welcoming William Wekwete as a Quamed New Technical Committee Member

We are thrilled to welcome William Wekwete as a member of our Technical Committee. He will reinforce the regulatory expertise within the Technical Committee. Dr. Wekwete is currently a member of the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs Association of Zimbabwe (PRAAZ) and a member of the Southern African Academy of Pharmacy (SAAP). He holds a BVSc degree from the University of Zimbabwe ...

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