The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has actually released a warning against the online marketing of medicinal products, stressing that 90 percent of the drugs promoted online are counterfeit and life threatening, according to the World Health Organization (THAT). H.E. Dr. Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for the Public Policy and Licensing Market at MOHAP, noted that the THAT takes into consideration drug scams as an organized crime that eliminates hundreds of thousands of individuals yearly.

H.E. Al Amiri emphasized that most of the counterfeit drugs sold online and smuggled right into nations are medications made use of to deal with chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Fraudsters maximize the raising demand for such products and the high prices of original drug. He further specified that clinical scams is an enhancing concern, and can be attributed to the convenience of manufacturing and creating imitation medications, the high returns, and the absence of community recognition. He additionally kept in mind that the problem of fake medicine is raising due to the simple access people have to these drugs online.

The Assistant Undersecretary discussed that the phony medications include hazardous substances that could cause major and possibly deadly health issues, including that imitation drug can bring about a loss in self-confidence in health care companies and systems. H.E. Al Amiri noted that the internet marketing of medication is coming to be a significant threat to the health of culture, which this is ending up being a significant challenge for the global community, particularly when fake medication is promoted by means of social media networks. He highlighted the useful steps being taken by MOHAP to battle this concern, consisting of the Ministry's organization of the 2nd Emirates International Meeting on Combating Medicine Counterfeiting which will certainly be taken part in by numerous ministries, international organizations and establishments concerned with the counteraction of counterfeit medication.

His Excellency said that the conference will be held from May 1 to 2, 2017 and will certainly be gone to by Servier officials Per Perez, General Manager, and Dr. Magdi Abdo, Regional Director of Regulatory Affairs, along with over 1,000 physicians, pharmacologists, and international experts in counterfeit drugs.

H.E. Al Amiri stated that several international companies will certainly be participating in the conference, including the United States food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medicines and Health care Products Regulatory Firm (MHRA), the European Medicine Authority, the United Nations (UN), the Belgian Medicine Authority, the United States Government Medicine Enforcement Office, the Swedish Medication Authority and Society for the Security of Property Legal rights, Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the General Management of Drugs at the Ministry of Inside, and the Ministry of Economic climate. He ended by noting that MOHAP is checking the internet sites in charge of the promotion of counterfeit drug, stating that the UAE has actually ended up being a worldwide leader in combatting with drug fraud.