Anticounterfeiting
News
Anti-counterfeit label supports colour images – 4-Mar-2010
Fujifilm in Japan has introduced an anti-counterfeit label that supports colour images.
NanoGuardian and Capsugel in anticounterfeiting alliance – 23-Feb-2010
NanoGuardian, a division of US firm NanoInk, has given Capsugel, Pfizer’s drug delivery division, global access to its NanoEncryption technology that protects capsule-based drugs against counterfeiting.
One in five Europeans are buying illegal drugs – 18-Feb-2010
Europeans spend an estimated €10.5bn every year on fake medicines from illegal sources, according to a report sponsored by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
ABDA and Aegate to evaluate anti-counterfeiting system – 12-Feb-2010
Patient safety communications firm Aegate is working with the Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists (ABDA) to evaluate the benefits of a drugs authentication system in Germany.
Brothers fined for illegal supply of drugs – 12-Feb-2010
Two brothers have been fined for illegally selling a sexual dysfunction drug from their home via a number of websites.
Technical
Ingredients & integrity – 11-Oct-2009
Contamination and counterfeits present a real and growing threat to pharmaceutical companies. Philip Payne, RSSL Pharma business development manager, discusses how working with a contract lab can prevent a major product recall or worse disaster
Choose your weapons against the pirates – 10-Sep-2009
As disturbing levels of counterfeit drugs percolate the market, Diethard Schaefer, global key account manager, Schreiner MediPharm, discusses some of the countermeasures available to manufacturers