Manufacturers dodge EU wrath over counterfeits
European parliamentarians have come up with a long list of measures that the EU needs to take to combat counterfeit drugs, yet track and trace technologies were noticeably absent from their calls for action.
In a non-binding resolution, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the EU to play a key role in promoting an international convention to create a specific criminal offence of counterfeiting or receiving and distributing counterfeit medicines in the legislation of every country.
By Gregory Roumeliotis
14 September 2006