Pharmaceuticals

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  MHRA issues guidance on FMD safety features post-Brexit

  The UK drugs regulator has at long last published its final draft guidance on safety features for medicine packs.

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  What makes a country a counterfeit exporter?

  Corruption, weak IP enforcement, and free trade zones are some of the main drivers, says EUIPO report.

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  CanadaDrugs.com to close next week

  After years of legal wrangling over sales of counterfeit medicines, CanadaDrugs.com will go offline next week.

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  Cryptomice wins EU blockchain anti-counterfeit challenge

  Italian team was the overall winner in a competition to design blockchain-based measures to curb counterfeit.

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  Merck files patent for blockchain-based meds tracking

  Merck files a US patent application for a method that uses blockchain to guard against counterfeiting and tampering.

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  Viewpoint: India’s serialization proposal for pharma is a bad idea. Here's why.

  The program has serious problems that will likely lead to failure and create opportunities for counterfeiters.

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