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

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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.

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