Pharmaceuticals

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  WHO selects fake meds among top 10 health challenges of 2020s

  Expanding access to medicines, and fighting falsified/substandard drugs, is one of the WHO's top 10 health challenges.

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  Trademark infringement rising fast, says CompuMark

  Survey finds a 15 per cent increase in trademark infringement reported by brand owners over the last two years.

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  China tops EU’s IP problem list, in its own category

  China is so far in front of all other countries on IP infringement that it has its own category in the EU’s latest protection report.

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  Ex-LA doc gets two years in prison for opioid mis-prescribing

  A former LA-area physician has been sentenced to 24 months for defrauding Medicare and illegal opioid prescribing.

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  Dover buys Systech, boosting Markem-Imaje print/coding unit

  Dover Corp bolsters its brand protection and traceability business with an agreement to buy Systech.

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  Zimbabwe drug regulator warns of fake cough syrup

  Counterfeit Flumed paediatric cough, cold and flu product has sub-therapeutic dose levels, says MCAZ,

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