Pharmaceuticals

• Gujarat hit by wave of falsified QR codes on medicines

  23-Apr-25 - The case further exposes the vulnerabilities of the QR code-based system that has been deployed in India since 2023.

• FDA issues fresh warning about fake Ozempic

  15-Apr-25 - Several hundred units of counterfeit Ozempic injection 1mg have been found in the US drug supply chain.

• Ex-FDA chief warns agency cuts raise illicit product risks

  14-Apr-25 - "It is not hard to project that more illicit and counterfeit products will enter this country as a result of...haphazard cuts."

• India's QR code programme: Part 2 - rating the drug makers

  07-Apr-25 - The Indian QR coding programme introduced in 2023 to detect counterfeit medicines will instead now cause great harm.

• Merck partners Zebra on traceability ecosystem

  31-Mar-25 - Zebra's TC58 mobile computer range will be integrated into the recently launched M-Trust product verification system.

• Unlicensed medicines factory shut down in India

  26-Mar-25 - The facility in Sonepat is suspected of falsifying drugs claiming to be made by various pharma manufacturers.

• 'Dangerous' fake Botox seized in Indianapolis

  21-Mar-25 - Of the four shipments, three were sent from the same shipper in GB, while the fourth was arriving from Indonesia.

• UK anti-counterfeit firm sizes up an AIM listing

  20-Mar-25 - Quantum Base is hoping to raise up to £5m, with the cash earmarked for product development and new hires.

• India's drug QR code programme: anatomy of a debacle

  12-Mar-25 - The Indian QR coding programme meant to protect domestic drug supplies has failed, and is now a gift to the counterfeiters.

• Seizure points to frailties in India's anti-fake meds system

  06-Mar-25 - A seizure of falsified medicines in India has drawn attention to the limitations of its QR code-based anti-fakes programme.

• Indian brothers arraigned in US on fake cancer drug charges

  03-Mar-25 - The Jha brothers are accused of trafficking in various falsified medicines, including knock-offs of Merck & Co's Keytruda.

• Illegal weight-loss ingredients are 'flooding into US'

  25-Feb-25 - Report suggests compounders may be using illegally imported APIs made in unregistered overseas facilities.

• Systech launches AI authentication aimed at pharma

  25-Feb-25 - The artAI platform creates a digital blueprint of pack artwork that can be used for verification and counterfeit protection.

• Europol issues warning over online drug purchases

  30-Jan-25 - More than 400 arrests have been made in Operation Shield V, which seized €11.1m-worth of illegal medicines.

• CBP plans rules on low-value shipments to curb fakes

  19-Jan-25 - The measures would strengthen oversight of 'de minimis' shipments, known to be a route for fake goods entering the US.

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