{"id":8961,"date":"2021-12-09T17:21:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medi-theft.eu\/?p=8961"},"modified":"2022-02-21T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:01:15","slug":"eu-funded-project-medi-theft-has-been-officially-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medi-theft.eu\/eu-funded-project-medi-theft-has-been-officially-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-funded project MEDI-THEFT has been officially launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
The EU funded project MEDI-THEFT \u2013 Data sharing and Investigative Platform against Organised Thefts of Medicines \u2013 has been launched starting from November 1st, 2021.MEDI-THEFT aims to counteract medicine theft and reselling through the reporting, analysis and sharing of data to develop an intelligence-based platform.<\/p>\n
Pharmaceutical thefts occur frequently, due to the high commercial value and to limited access to some medicines in some parts of the world.<\/p>\n
In Italy but also in other EU Member States a high incidence of the problem has been recorded, as confirmed by the so-called \u201cOperation Volcano\u201d during which the investigations carried out have ascertained a consolidated and illicit trafficking of medicines stolen from Italian hospitals, as well as medicines that had been manipulated, falsified and re-introduced under false credentials (fake invoices) by unauthorized wholesalers.<\/p>\n
In light of the trafficking identified during the Operation Volcano and of the serious health risks posed by the theft and the recycling of medicines, MEDI-THEFT\u2019s main objectives are:<\/p>\n
During the MEDI-THEFT project the partners – Drug Regulatory Agencies and police forces of the EU Member States and pharmaceutical companies – will also collaborate to develop an ad hoc platform, with the support of the final users to implement a structured system for sharing and analysing data about the theft of medicines.Currently, a centralized system to collect data about the theft of medicines does not exist in the EU Member States.<\/p>\n
The project, ending October 2023, is funded by the Internal Security Fund Programme and led by AIFA with the participation of SAFE Foundation, Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Transcrime, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS), Affordable Medicines Europe (AME), Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia (ALIMS), Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro (CInMED) and Arma dei Carabinieri.<\/p>\n
Further information will be provided through official online channels, such as AIFA and partners\u2019 websites, LinkedIn and Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The EU funded project MEDI-THEFT \u2013 Data sharing and Investigative Platform against Organised Thefts of Medicines \u2013 has been launched starting from November 1st, 2021.MEDI-THEFT aims to counteract medicine theft and reselling through the reporting, analysis and sharing of data to develop an intelligence-based platform. Pharmaceutical thefts occur frequently, due to the high commercial value…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n