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Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication

Articles report on the issues and trends involved in battling counterfeiting and diversion, reporting on technologies such as RFID, bar coding, holography, DNA, nanotechnology, taggants, etc.

In pharmaceuticals we trust?

Drug recalls, counterfeiting, and diversion are creating distrust in the pharmaceutical sector....

Smartphone technology can help build consumer relations

Consumers can use their smartphone to verify product authenticity, communicated with a manufacturer, and enroll in product promotion programs....

More medicines seized by EU customs in 2009

United Arab Emirates ships three-quarters of seized medical products....

Sproxil’s brand authentication technology earns IBM, MITX honors

Mobile phone technology allows users in third-world countries to determine if a packaged product is genuine or counterfeit....

GSK readying for France’s CIP13 deadline

With France’s CIP 13 coding requirements due to take hold Jan. 1, 2011, GlaxoSmithKline reportedly is becoming ‘serialization-ready’....

Serialization talks Turkey

Will Brazil switch gears and adopt Turkey’s new pharmaceutical serialization model?...

Counterfeiting’s global ‘report card’

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) reports on the proliferation of counterfeit drugs around the world....

NanoChromics trial kit

• TKN-4.0 trial kits enable printers to begin manufacturing NCD™ displays for a variety of applications, including information on packaging labels • kit contains seven screen-printable NCD inks, guidelines, and documentation for printing standard six or eight-digit numeric displays, sample...

GSMS gains an e-Pedigree edge

A software-based system coupled with RFID technology helps Golden State Medical Supply gain a competitive edge in pharmaceutical distribution....

Coding bottles before labeling delivers benefits

One in a series of articles looking at presentation topics for the May 27 Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops event in Princeton, NJ....

Europe shows the way to pharmaceutical serialization

Through government regulations and/or standards organizations, Europe is out in front when it comes to serialization in pharmaceutical and medical device packaging applications....

Smartphone brand protection

• smartphone technology Brand Loyalty and Integrity Services (BLIS) application provides data-analysis features that can be used by manufacturers and brand owners • part of a multilayered approach to anti-counterfeiting and diversion control, BLIS data provides increased security, monitors consumer...

Video: Ink-jet printer

• i-Jet PoE (Power over Ethernet) HP-based ink-jet printer prints up to 3,000 unique 2D codes/min, with codes auto-formatted to either GS1 or ECC200 standards • Manufactured in Germany by Mark-O-Print, the printer is suitable for track-and-trace projects • compatible...

Theft of drugs at Lilly facility raises multiple concerns

Counterfeiting, diversion, and outright pharmaceutical theft cause plenty of challenges for manufacturers. Can packaging help?...

Labeling system for e-Pedigree/ track-and-trace

• Model 1400 Corner Wrap Labeling System prints and applies labels to the corner of a case; configurable to apply to the leading/side panels or trailing/side panels of a case • can also be designed to fulfill e-Pedigree or track-and-trace...

Technology challenges counterfeiting and diversion

Pharmaceutical and medical firms can benefit from a multi-tiered track-and-trace approach to combat counterfeiting and diversion....

Pfizer’s European study reveals disturbing counterfeit news

BusinessWeek.com reports that illegal medicine sales in Europe top $14 billion annually, with one in five Europeans saying they’ve purchased prescription drugs through the Internet, without a doctor’s guidance....

Pharmaceutical packaging battles global counterfeiting

A mobile authentication service (MAS) launched by Biofem Pharmaceuticals and the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) is being used in a pilot project in that country in an attempt thwart counterfeit drugs, reports in-Pharma Technologist.com....

PHARMAPACK 2010 - Session on « Security, traceability and pharmaceutical packaging: fight against counterfeit”

Jean-Marc Bobée, Director, Industrial Anti-Counterfeit Strategy, Sanofi-Aventis, chairs the session on “Security, traceability and pharmaceutical packaging: fight against counterfeit”....

Package design helping GSK, FDA to identify bogus Alli pills

Differences in markings on primary and secondary packages, as well as the bottle and cap structure, make it simpler for consumers to identify the potentially harmful pills....

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