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Section: Industry News > Regulatory
Labeling/Printing
'Bloodhound' bites into counterfeiting and diversion
Last September, Summit VetPharm, a subsidiary of Sumitomo founded in 2006 and based in Ft. Lee, NJ, went commercial with a track-and-trace bar-code technology called Bloodhound that's designed primarily as a means of detecting when Summit's Vectra 3D flea-and-tick prevention products are being sold outside of authorized channels. These products are contractually designated as being for sale exclusively by vets directly to their clients. Nutec Systems provided turnkey responsibility for the project, including all Information Technology, software, and hardware.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Advanced holograms battle counterfeits worldwide
The holographic industry is working hard to destroy the myth that sophisticated holograms cannot be counterfeited; anything can be counterfeited. The question is how well, and this is where the real value of holograms can be appreciated. The evolving anti-counterfeiting role of holograms lies in their ability to combine authentication with detection--and this is why enlightened pharmaceuticals companies and enforcement agencies continue to make them an integral part of their anti-counterfeiting strategies.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
RFID tags
Successful implementation requires interconnecting packaging equipment, materials, and components so they are dependent upon each other.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Anti-counterfeiting label
Las Vegas event will be home to products and insights to address traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Microscopic taggants
In this opinion piece, Healthcare Packaging Publisher Jim Chrzan suggests focusing on change management, looking outside pharma, and questions the promise of global harmonization.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Layered security encapsulation disc
Digital carton printing company OTC Group helps its customers thwart counterfeiting and theft with Xerox tracking system.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Security foil
Constantia Teos is a tamper-evident opening system for medical devices.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Reader for machine-readable authentication
A new mobile application supports serialization operations.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Laser system
Contract manufacturer in Germany to interface Werum’s PAS-X MES. Once fully integrated, it will comprise a WMS and track and trace to address counterfeiting.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Biometric authentication technology
Sterilization methods, UDI developments, test method validation among the topics sought by event team.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Label security and traceability software
Healthcare providers drive Open-SCS Initiative as a serialization compliance solution.
June 15, 2008
Inspection
Beating the e-Pedigree deadline
The January 2009 e-Pedigree deadline set by California may have been pushed back two years, but that didn't stop Biogen Idec from forging ahead with a solution. The March 25 decision by the California Board of Pharmacy to push back the state's e-Pedigree deadline to January 1, 2011 (its second two-year delay) gives the overwhelming majority of the pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. new breathing room to meet the anti-counterfeiting measures laid out by the Golden State. But those same foot-draggers are now are at risk for being awarded the Black Hat worn by bad guys. That allows the small handful of companies who have solved the packaging serialization puzzle to claim the competitive and public relations benefits that come to those who wear the White Hats.
June 15, 2008
Pharmaceuticals
Safety controversy brews
When cosmetic product labels tout benefits similar to those of drugs, there's likely to be trouble. ...When is a cosmetic not a cosmetic? When it's a drug. A review of Food and Drug Administration Warning letters for the last few years reveals some of the alleged problems involved in the marketing of cosmetics.
June 15, 2008
Regulatory
Uncover your potentially dangerous documents
Some well-known pharmaceutical and medical device companies have paid substantial fines as a result of hastily written, overly candid, or poorly worded emails and documents containing inappropriate statements. Had their employees been trained how to write complete and accurate documents, these companies might have saved millions of dollars in fines and avoided negative publicity. To uncover such potential financial land mines in your emails and FDA records, former federal prosecutor Nancy Singer (shown) of Compliance-Alliance will present a workshop titled "Risk Mitigation Writing" from 1 to 5 p.m., June 25, at the Underwriters Laboratories' Risk Management Conference in Northbrook, IL.
June 11, 2008
Pharmaceuticals
California e-Pedigree law delayed
To no one's great surprise, the California Board of Pharmacy voted March 25 to postpone until 2011 a law requiring that prescription drugs be electronically tracked from the time they leave the manufacturer to the time they reach the pharmacy. First enacted in 2004, the law's original deadline was January 2007. That deadline was pushed back to January 2009, and now it's been pushed back again. Included among the reasons for the decision was the concern that implementation might be done poorly.
April 15, 2008
Pharmaceuticals
Examining the current drivers of RFID in pharmaceuticals
More is going on in RFID apart from news of the decision by the California Board of Pharmacy to delay requirement for e-pedigree tracking of drugs until 2011. RFID analysts from ABI Research commented about RFID developments and drivers in pharmaceutical markets. Analyst Peter Poorman (shown here) says the current state of affairs in RFID is typical to that of many technologies. "After a period of excitement and then a period of disappointment, there follows a period of adoption on an upward ramp. I think we're at the beginning of that ramp with RFID."
April 14, 2008
Regulatory
Authentication: Unit-level traceability
Authentication platform offers unit-level traceability.
April 11, 2008
Regulatory
J&J, Purdue, and Catalent presenters to address BPPF
Three major healthcare stakeholders are among the speakers who will deliver presentations April 8 in Chicago at the Brand-Protection Packaging Forum, which is produced by Packaging World magazine. Global marketing director Akan Oton (shown in photo) of Catalent Pharma Services will share details of an ambitious implementation of a track-and-trace solution based on 2D bar codes that is designed to meet California's e-pedigree requirements.
March 20, 2008
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