27/1/2016
The president Prof Dr Maged el Kemary attends the third international
conference on Anti-counterfeiting of Medicines and Pharmaceutics which has
begun in Kuwait on Tuesday 19/1/2016 until Wednesday organized by the Ministry
of Health in Kuwait and Arab Union to combat counterfeiting in drugs and the
executive office of the council of the Ministries of Health for the countries
of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
As well, the president
delivered a speech about Nanotechnology in combating counterfeiting, forgery
and cheating medicines and praised the idea of organizing such kind of
conferences concerned with the important issue related to the risk of fraud in
drugs, pharmaceutics and cosmetics related to three key issues namely health
protection, consumer protection and the extent of damage and risks of these
harmful practices on people’s lives and their health as well as the fight
against the commercial fraud and the provision of health prevention to protect
our communities.
The conference is held
under the authority of secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council and
the Sheikha Nawal el Sabah, the head of Arab Union of anti-counterfeit medicine
and medical supplies.