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Posts tagged "Counterfeiting"

AMA Expresses Concern Over Track and Trace Implementation Implications

A pharmaceutical expert told me once, and I have confirmed this many times since from other sources, that quite often a drug recall will see the return of more product than was originally manufactured in the first place. That’s how porous the system is to counterfeiters and how vulnerable people are to fake drugs. This...

In Letter to Congress, Premier Urges Support for Medical Device UDI

Thanks to Health Data Management we have this recent news about a letter penned by Premier, Inc., to U.S. House and Senate members asking them to retain the medical device Unique Device Identification (UDI) provision in any healthcare reform bill. The news item was written by Joseph Goedert. In it, he quotes the most relevant paragraph from Premier’s...

Beware Black Market GS1 Barcodes

“Pstt, hey buddy, wanna buy a barcode?”

Drugs with 'Made in India' Label In Nigeria May Have Come from China

Okay, we continue to see bad actors in the supply chain and they continue to be . . .

Fake Product Clues: Barcodes, Certification Marks… and Spelling?

Local broadcast news outlets routinely run stories warning viewers about the dangers of faulty, counterfeit

GS1 UK Pharma Track and Trace Pilot a Sign of Counterfeiting Trends?

Counterfeit drug seizures throughout the European Union (EU) increased 500% in 2005, which is apparently the last year for which there are contemporary figures. This story in PharmTech 

In Korea, Biggest Barcode Problem on Drugs is . . . No Barcode At All

The specific stats in this story, which I think comes out of Korea, aren’t easy to reconcile or fathom, but the main point is clear:

GS1 Labeling UK Pilot, Funded by EU, Validates Pharma Track and Trace

Dave Bailey, writing for computing.co.uk, provides a brief report on the outcome of a pilot program to test GS1 standards for their ability track and trace pharma

Buying GS1 Labels From Other Countries (Implied COO) Doesn't Hide The Crimes: Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping Get Death Sentences

Tainted milk products were discovered and reported in China last September. Less than five months later

95% of Americans Want COO Labeling On Packaged And Processed Foods But Wait . . . There's More.

[Editor's note: the country of origin (COO) label issue continues to gain momentum. We've touched on labeling COO in a number of posts and examined the topic, both its myths and realities. This latest post by Sterling raises the bar further on this because

Fighting OxyContin Counterfeiting and Diversion with RFID and GS1 Labeling Software

In an email forwarded to me recently, I became aware of a new two-page case study about Purdue Pharma expanding

Why Put Melamine in China's Supply Chain?

This post is rated PG for parental guidance. It features this link where, in great detail, you can get an up close and personal look, literally, at how and why