The 1st Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting was held in Geneva in 2002. Since then, there has been a huge increase in awareness of the dangers of counterfeit medicines and the pharmaceutical industry, national drug regulators, law enforcement agencies, international organizations and healthcare professionals have never been more active in combating fake medicines and medical devices. Nonetheless, the problem persists and may even be on the rise in many parts of the world, including the Americas and Europe.

So the question is no longer “what’s the nature of the problem?” but “how to collaborate to combat the problem and what is the best way to do so?”.

With its established and exceptional mix of stakeholder participation, the Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting provides an ideal forum to discuss these questions. Collaboration between the pharma industry, DRAs, customs and police, pharmacists, doctors, nurses, policy makers and patients is now generally recognized as essential for the most effective policies to combat fakes.

The Global Forum brings these groups together, but adds another essential stakeholder element: suppliers of anti-counterfeiting services and technologies. This makes the Forum a unique opportunity to see the latest in anti-counterfeiting technologies and to hear how they are - or could be - applied by individual companies, DRAs or consortia.

The Forum is proven to stimulate collaborations through contacts made and ideas generated during the event, because it is the only event that brings all these essential stakeholders together.

Who Should Attend?

• Pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors
• Healthcare professionals
• Pharmacists
• Drug regulatory agencies, customs and police
• Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) involved in healthcare and IPR protection
• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in healthcare, especially in the developing world
• Patients’ representatives
• Healthcare research organizations
• Pharmaceutical associations
• Anti-counterfeiting organizations
• Packaging, labelling and converting companies
• Authentication technology suppliers
• Anti-counterfeiting service suppliers – IP specialists, investigators, lawyers

Previous Events

	1st Global Forum (September 2002 - Geneva, Switzerland
	2nd Global Forum (March 2005 - Paris, France)
	3rd Global Forum (March 2007 - Prague, Czech Republic)
	4th Global Forum (June 2008 - Washington DC, USA)
	5th Global Forum (February 2010 - Miami, FL, USA)