The Council of Europe, the Russian Ministry of Public Health and Social Development and the Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development (Roszdravnadzor) are looking to give a boost to the fight against counterfeit medical products and similar crimes.

A new Medicrime Convention will be opened for signature at a conference in Moscow on 26 to 28 October. Views will be exchanged on providing the legislative support and practical measures to relevant bodies, the systems and procedures needed to implement the Convention in practice as part of a country’s domestic legislation.

The Convention is the first international legal instrument on the subject to require states party to make criminal offences of:

· manufacturing counterfeit medical products;

· supplying, offering to supply or trafficking in counterfeit medical products;

· falsifying documents;

· manufacturing and supplying medical products without authorisation and marketing medicines without complying with industry standards (or so-called “similar crimes”).

The Convention offers a framework for national and international co-operation across various administrative sectors. (more...)

More information on the Moscow conference

Download poster