Pharmaceuticals

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  SICPA, UbiQD quantum dot security tech gets closer to market

  Two firms have expanded their partnership to "commercialise several security applications" of the technology.

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  Gambia bans paracetamol syrup after child deaths

  Some children have developed acute kidney injury after being given paracetamol syrups to treat fevers.

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  Viewpoint: The emerging barcode initiative for medicines in India

  Part 1: How changes to the draft guidelines can set the foundation for a successful anti-counterfeiting programme.

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  FDA seeks wider rollout of international illicit trade alliance

  Operation Lascar with UK was such a success the FDA wants to roll it out to additional trading partners.

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  Study attempts to separate falsified from substandard meds

  Is a medicine that fails quality testing falsified, or substandard? Study attempts to decide using API levels as proxy.

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  Pharma firm owner pleads guilty to fake cough syrup charges

  Adam Runsdorf of Woodfield Pharma pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit drugs, and money laundering.

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