Pharmaceuticals

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  Group eyes DEEP approach to pharma dosing, security

  Researchers from Denmark and Sweden gauge patients' response to data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals (DEEPs).

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  26 people indicted in fake drug trafficking crackdown

  During the investigation, agents seized more than 478,000 counterfeit pharmaceutical pills laced with fentanyl.

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  US man arrested over $230m HIV medicine fraud

  Lazaro Hernandez is alleged to be part of a ring that acquired drugs illegally and falsified records to allow them to be sold on.

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  Change at the top at Covectra as CEO Steve Wood steps down

  Wood will be replaced by Gary Miloscia, who has served as chief financial officer and chief marketing officer since 2015.

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  Novartis latest pharma to be targeted in cyberattack

  Laboratory data stolen from the drugmaker has reportedly been offered up for sale on a Dark Web marketplace.

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  Candy-coated pills could prevent pharmaceutical fraud

  Colourful nonpareils can uniquely identify drug capsules and counterfeit fashions, say researchers.

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