The company announces further measures against a counterfeiting network it accused of being responsible for selling illegitimate Gilead HIV medications.
The Distributed Pharmaceutical Analysis Lab and the blockchain-based platform provider will work to prevent fake and low-quality drugs from circulating.
The on-pack technology enables consumers, retailers and others to harness mobile devices in order to verify the authenticity of pharmaceutical products.
A leader from the anti-counterfeit solutions firm says that while packaging-level efforts may have an effect, on-dose technology is worth a closer look.
Fight the Fakes gathers manufacturers and other stakeholders to brainstorm on ways to combat falsified medicines and safeguard the world’s medicine supply.
The pharmaceutical firm reports a counterfeit version of its Symtuza HIV treatment has been found and pulled from shelves at three American pharmacies.
US FDA initiates a pilot project testing innovations in an aim to inform the development of the tracking and verification systems going into effect with the DCSA in 2023.
Fake aspirin and anti-diarrhoeal medicines were amongst the largest counterfeit drugs haul discovered to be destined for the European Union, a French customs official says.
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has voted unanimously in favour of new legislation which will criminalise the production and trafficking of counterfeit drugs.
Combatting counterfeit drugs through forging stronger partnerships is beyond profit, it is about saving lives, AstraZeneca principal scientist Dr Michael Claybourn told a workshop on global drug quality at the AAPS annual meeting in New Orleans.
French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis continues to spearhead the fight for a more secure pharmaceutical supply chain by launching an anti-counterfeit medication initiative in Egypt.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has expressed particular concern about the proliferation of counterfeit drugs in countries including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and Russia.
A Chinese citizen has been fined more than $1.2m and sentenced to over six years in a US prison for distributing counterfeit drugs that appeared “identical to authentic pharmaceuticals”.
The European Union’s coordinated clamp down on counterfeit drugs has resulted in hauls far exceeding expectations, with 34m pills seized in two months.
The biggest counterfeit drugs conspiracy ever to be encountered in
the UK was crushed this week, as gang members were found guilty of
conspiracy by a UK court following a lengthy investigation by the
authorities.
Aegate will launch a software solution to combat one of the
pharmaceutical industry's biggest and growing patient safety issues
- counterfeit drugs - in the UK, US and Belgium in 2006 following
the recent success of its UK pilot...
A US think tank, The Centre for Medicines in the Public Interest,
has released a new report projecting counterfeit drug sales to
reach $75 billion in 2010, a 92 per cent increase from 2005.