New global mechanism to combat substandard/spurious/falselylabelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products

On 21 November 2012, representatives from 65 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union agreed to promote the strengthening of national regulatory capacity to combat substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products. They further agreed to identify actions and behaviours that result in substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products in order to secure access to high-quality, safe medicines.