Archive for August 2010
Nigeria Arraigns Counterfeit Drug Importer
A woman was recently arraigned on charges stemming from her attempt to import counterfeit drugs into Nigeria.
[...]Two Drug Makers To Use Text Message Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
Two international pharmaceutical companies recently announced that they would use SaaS-based anti-counterfeiting technology to combat counterfeit drugs. This type of anti-counterfeiting technology places a scratchable area on drug packaging. The consumer then scratches it to reveal a number. That number is then sent via text message to a government agency, which in turn sends it…
[...]Two Drug Makers To Use Text Message Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
Two international pharmaceutical companies recently announced that they would use SaaS-based anti-counterfeiting technology to combat counterfeit drugs. This type of anti-counterfeiting technology places a scratchable area on drug packaging. The consumer then scratches it to reveal a number. That number is then sent via text message to a government agency, which in turn sends it…
[...]Tech Company To Give Drug Makers Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
A technology company has entered an agreement with a number of pharmaceutical companies in India to supply them with an anti-counterfeiting technology. By using nanotechnology the company says it can track medications through the supply chain and thus may prevent counterfeit drugs from entering it. Specifically, the technology puts unique “fingerprints” on products that can…
[...]Illegal Online Pharmacies Still Selling Potentially Dangerous Acne Drug
A number of illegal online pharmacies are selling an acne-fighting drug that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pulled from the market last year. Accutane first appeared in the U.S. in 1982, but over the years it was revealed that the medication could cause a number of serious side effects including inflammatory bowel disease…
[...]Canadian Pharmacy Found to Be Selling Counterfeit Drugs
Health Canada, the Canadian version of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recently issued a statement warning consumers about counterfeit drugs being sold at a Canadian pharmcacy. The health agency said that Marché Euromix, a retail store in Pierrefonds, which is a borough in Montreal, Quebec, was selling medication that resemebled Viagra, a drug…
[...]Phone App Can Help Fight Counterfeit Drugs
Nowadays it seems like everything can be done on cell phones; from taking pictures to checking the score of the ballgame, everything is seemingly in the palm of one’s hand. Now a company is introducing an application (or “app”) for smart phones that will theoretically allow drug manufactures to more closely monitor the pharmaceutical supply…
[...]Advocacy Group Criticizes the Philippines’ Regarding Counterfeit Drugs
An advocacy group in the Philippines recently criticized the government’s handling of counterfeit drugs. The Samahan Laban sa Pekeng Gamot (“Samahan”), a group comprised of pharmaceutical companies, drug stores and health professionals, counters the Philippines’ Department of Health’s claim that counterfeit drugs account for only 10 percent of the market, saying that the actual figure…
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