Pharmaceuticals

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  How physical brand investigation methods are evolving

  Don't overlook brick-and-mortar retailers when planning your brand protection programme, advises ApiraSol's Axel Hein.

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  FDA warns of counterfeit COVID-19 diagnostic tests

  The fakes could make it more likely that users spreading COVID-19, and delay or stop medical treatment.

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  J&J files US lawsuit against counterfeit HIV drug network

  The defendants in the case include many of the same organisations cited in a recent suit filed by Gilead Sciences.

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  Man who supplied fake oxy to Mac Miller gets 11 years

  Ryan Michael Reavis pleaded guilty on last November to one count of distributing fentanyl in the form of fake oxycodone.

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  Big leap in fentanyl seizures in pill form in US, says study

  The number of seized tablets rose from 42,200 in the first quarter of 2018 to almost 2.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.

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  Big fake HIV medicines network probed by US feds; report

  Criminal investigation follows seizures of Gilead HIV medicines last year, including Biktarvy and Descovy.

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