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However, globalized trade can undermine regulation, and in resource-limited settings especially, incidence of substandard or falsified medicines is growing. Quality-assured, safe and effective medicines, vaccines and medicalĭevices are fundamental to a functioning health system. Most concerning threats to global health today.Īccess to appropriate medications is shown to have substantial impacts on community health and the related economic indicators. At the same time, antimicrobial resistance is challenging the effectiveness of many commonly used medicines in one of the On the market able to prevent, treat and lessen the impact of ailments that would have been fatal just a few generations ago. Since then there have been incredible advances in drugs for a wide range of health concerns including disease, mental health and other conditions. The first synthetic pharmaceutical, Aspirin, was introduced in 1897.
