Pharmaceuticals

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  The promise of connected packaging: from brand protection to consumer engagement

  How digital, connected packaging can seamlessly combine customer engagement and product authentication.

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  OECD seeks tighter control over free trade zones

  The OECD has drawn up recommendations on free trade zones in a bid to stop them being used for illicit trade.

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  DEA warns of deadly fake Rx drugs from Mexican cartels

  DEA says more than a quarter of prescription drugs seized in the first quarter of 2019 had dangerous doses of fentanyl.

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  Pfizer recalls Xalatan eyedrops in Nigeria copied by counterfeiters

  Pfizer is recalling batches of Xalatan in Nigeria after finding counterfeits in the market with current lot numbers.

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  15-year sentence for seller in fatal fake oxy case

  A man who pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl has received a 15-year jail sentence.

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  Wholesalers report progress with meds track-and-trace compliance

  Pharma wholesalers say that there has been great progress towards the adoption of serialized codes on drug packs in the US.

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