Counterfeit Medicines Threat to Patient Health and Safety John Clark VP Global Security/Pfizer April 8, 2017
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Counterfeit MedicinesThreat to Patient Health and Safety
John Clark
VP Global Security/Pfizer
April 8, 2017
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Placing Emphasis on Appearance, Not Efficacy
Boric Acid
Highway Paint Brick Dust
Floor Wax
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Cabaser
Camoquin
Cefobid
Celebrex
Centrum
Cytotec
Dalacin C Phosphate
Diflucan
Dilantin/Epamin
Dostinex
Genotropin
Lincocin
Lipitor
Metakelfin
Neo-Medrol
Norvasc
Ponstan
Prevnar
Sulperazon
Sutent
Terramycin
Unasyncan
Vibacina
Viagra
Zithromax
Xanax
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Legitimate Supply Chains Breached
As of June 30, 2016 counterfeit versions of 26 Pfizer
medicines had breached legitimate supply chains in
60 countries.
At Least 89 Pfizer Products Targeted Including…
• Aricept
• Celebrex
• Genotropin
• Lipitor
• Metakelfin
• Norvasc
• Prevnar
• Sutent
• Viagra
• Xanax
• Zithromax
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“Canadian” Websites
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Counterfeit Medicines Kill Unsuspecting Patients
• No consensus on number of patients killed each year from
counterfeit medicines …
• Between 100,000 and 1,00,000 (Newsweek, 2014)
• More than 1,000,000 (Interpol, 2013)
• More than 100,000 (Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies, 2014)
• More than 700,000 from counterfeit anti-malarial and anti-tuberculosis
medicines (IFPMA, 2016)
• Nearly 450,000 from counterfeit anti-malarials (Malarial Journal, 2014)
• More than 100,000 of them children (American Journal of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene)
…but even one death is too many
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Counterfeits Laced with Powerful Opiate
• Increase in fatal and near-fatal overdoses across US attributed to
counterfeit Xanax laced with Fentanyl (October 2015 to present)
• At least 21 states, including:
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California North Carolina
Florida Tennessee
Maryland Washington (State)
• Spreading from college to high school campuses
• Deaths and overdoses also linked to painkillers, such as
OxyContin and Norco, laced with Fentanyl
As of December 31, 2016, Pfizer provided training to
enforcement authorities from 151 countries.
Training Law Enforcement Agencies
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Beyond Enforcement Strategies
• Shaping the external environment
• Lobbying for more effective legislation
• Encouraging strict enforcement of existing laws
• Educating patients, healthcare professionals
and policy-makers
• Public awareness campaigns
• Media campaigns
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