Pharmaceuticals

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  UK body unveils draft guidance on trademark offence sentencing

  Guidelines cover individuals and organisations involved in the possession or sale of counterfeit goods.

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  Fentanyl test strips could cut overdoses, says pilot study

  A simple test for the opioid fentanyl, given to known drug users, could help curb fatal overdoses, says a pilot study.

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  Arrests made after fakes of Pfizer’s Sutent found in Brazil

  Large-scale fraud involving sham distributors resulted in cancer drug being administered to patients.

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  Ethicon wins interim judgment against Illinois suture importer

  Ethicon gets a restraining order against an Illinois firm it accuses of selling counterfeits of its surgical products.

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  Falsified alprazolam found in Australia

  Australia’s TGA warns that fake versions of anxiety medication alprazolam “pose a serious risk to…health.”

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  Countdown to Russia’s pharma traceability deadline

  With a week to go, is an enforcement holiday looming for Russia's medicines traceability system?

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