Pharmaceuticals

• Indian pharmacy group seeks action on 'spurious' meds

  17-Sep-24 - Chemists’ Association Pune District claims that up to 20 per cent of drugs in the market may be falsified or substandard.

• EMPACT arrests for IP crime top 1,000 in 2023

  11-Sep-24 - That marks a massive increase on the previous year, when there were 115 arrests, according to a new fact sheet.

• Armenian parliament advances illegal medicines bill

  10-Sep-24 - Legislation comes in response to concerns medicines scheduled for destruction have stayed in circulation.

• Concern over counterfeit steroid risks for female bodybuilders

  04-Sep-24 - Women may be more likely than men to be exposed to counterfeit and unsafe products, finds Australian study.

• Warning as pentobarbital is found in counterfeit pills in US

  26-Aug-24 - Study follows a major bulk seizure of the drug, which has been found in fake oxycodone and alprazolam pills, earlier this year.

• India unveils upgraded GDP standard to fight illegal meds

  21-Aug-24 - The new version departs from earlier drafts because it has been upgraded to the status of a mandatory 'Schedule' document.

• Gilead extends legal action over HIV drug falsification

  18-Aug-24 - Gilead has filed a new lawsuit against people and organisations it accuses of selling fake versions of its HIV medicines.

• Seals to deter cargo theft are being ignored, says insurer

  13-Aug-24 - Seals – however basic – can play a central role in identifying location, method and often perpetrators of cargo theft.

• Nearly half of online pharmacies 'sell semaglutide illegally'

  13-Aug-24 - Purchasers are put at risk of other forms of fraud, like non-delivery scams, as well as harmful side effects.

• Weight-loss drug features in Irish illegal meds seizures

  04-Aug-24 - HPRA detained more than 70,000 illegal medicines in the first six months of 2024, up 28 per cent on the same period of 2023.

• Indian man charged with selling fake cancer med Keytruda

  01-Aug-24 - Sanjay Kumar is accused of selling and shipping falsified vials of Merck & Co's drug to individuals within the US.

• Scientists make 'programmable' luminescent markers

  31-Jul-24 - They continue to glow after a UV light is removed and can be programmed to fade in stages, making them hard to forge.
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  Healthcare providers’ guide to cybersecurity

  30-Jul-24 - Top tips for healthcare organisations hoping to instil best practices around cybersecurity in the workplace.

• Systech names Carl-Rainer Stetter as DACH sales lead

  30-Jul-24 - Industry veteran Stetter joins the track and trace, serialisation and brand protection specialist from IT group Avanade.

• De La Rue's future in doubt as loan payment deadline looms

  25-Jul-24 - All will hinge on the sale of at least one of its authentication and currency businesses, with negotiations ongoing.

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