LONDON – European drugmakers said on Tuesday they were piloting an anti-counterfeit coding system in Sweden in a bid to end the risk of fake medicines entering the supply chain.
Drug companies are increasingly concerned about bogus drugs getting into the legitimate distribution system, potentially posing serious health hazards and undermining the reputation of their products.
The [...]
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News: EU firms pilot Swedish scheme to stop fake drugs
October 26th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · counterfeit drugs · EFPIA · European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations · parallel trade · Supply Chain Management · Sweden
News: EU anti-counterfeiting proposals “cannot ignore” internet
October 8th, 2009 No Comments
The European Commission’s proposed directive to clamp down on counterfeit medicines “cannot ignore” the reality that a “huge percentage” of counterfeits are channelled through the internet, says the new rapporteur for the proposal in Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
Maria Matias was speaking at a meeting in Parliament on Making [...]
Tags: Authentication · counterfeit drugs · EU · European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations · internet pharmacies · pharmaceuticals · supply chain
