News Archive

Authentication firm Eluceda raises £1.1m in fundraising
01-Aug-21 - Funding will be used to expand its management and technical headcount and accelerate its growth plans.
CBP seizes sildenafil tablets worth more than $700,000
31-Jul-21 - The pills were in blister packets indicating they had been manufactured in India, and were headed to a residence in Georgia.
Study suggests fraudulent masks are in US hospital stores
31-Jul-21 - A large number of KN95 models failed filtration testing and one unmarked mask was a potential health hazard.
FDA raps Amazon over products containing undeclared drugs
30-Jul-21 - FDA test purchases uncovered dozens of products found to have "undeclared and potentially harmful drug ingredients."
Streetwear brand Gun Ainm rolls out security labels
30-Jul-21 - The Scottish company is using security labels developed by Eltronis to allow customers to authenticate their purchases.
Roblox files US patent on counterfeit item detector
27-Jul-21 - It seems even the virtual world has a problem with counterfeis – including the Roblox platform used by millions of users.
US shutters illegal medicine-selling sites mimicking Walmart
27-Jul-21 - The websites were being used to harvest personal information from users of the sites in order to carry out fraud.
UK, US enforcers swoop on illegal pharma supply network
23-Jul-21 - 1,200kg of unapproved and counterfeit benzodiazepine and opioid drugs thought to be made in India have been seized.
Latest Opson food fraud action zeroes in on honey
22-Jul-21 - Overall, 15,451 tonnes of illegal and potentially hazardous food products worth an estimated €54m were seized.
US awards funding for vaccine anti-counterfeit project
21-Jul-21 - The money has been allocated to the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL).
Fakespot app pulled from Apple store after Amazon complaint
21-Jul-21 - Companies trade blows as Apple says it took action as a result of a dispute over intellectual property rights initiated by Amazon.
FDA seeks more funding for labs at international mail facilities
20-Jul-21 - Agency wants $10m to staff more labs at IMFs tasked with finding opioids, fake medicines and other illicit goods.
Rel8 launches tech for direct plastic part marking in US
19-Jul-21 - The codes are more compact and crisp than can be achieved using traditional methods like laser engraving, it says.
DR Congo study shows 'strong' signal for fake malaria drugs
19-Jul-21 - A third of quinine sulfate samples had no active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) at all, while 8 per cent had a different API.
Authentication startup Ennoventure raises $5m
18-Jul-21 - US-Indian startup provides technology that can be used to track and trace as well as to authenticate products.