Table 1

Characteristics of the Team for Falsification and Illegal Trade33

TopicsDetails
Health securityAnalysing and evaluating the conditions for, and determining the consequences of, falsifying medicinal products, selling drugs in unauthorised locations and selling other falsified products meeting the criteria for medicinal products, with particular focus on society's health security
Pharmaceutical inspectorateInforming the Main Pharmaceutical Inspectorate (GIF) of the discovery of falsified medicines, medicinal products from illegal sources and other falsified products meeting the criteria for medicinal products for the purpose of adding them to the database maintained on the GIF’s website
Public debateRunning public educational campaigns on the risks of purchasing medicinal products in unauthorised locations
  • GIF, Główny Inspektor Farmaceutyczny.