Quality Systems

Agnes Shanley is senior editor of Pharmaceutical Technology.

Articles

TraceLink’s first Drug Supply, Safety and Traceability Report suggests that 19% of pharma companies, 11% of distributors, and 9% of dispensers still haven’t begun to address lot-level serialization requirements. Only 20% say their CMOs will be ready for the November 2017 deadline.

Speed Bumps on the Way to Lot-Level Traceability

Covert and layered approaches to combat drug counterfeiting and illegal diversion strive to stay ahead of criminal enterprises.

Pharma Assesses Technologies to Prevent Fakes

Governments stretch limited resources to track counterfeit, diverted, and stolen pharmaceuticals globally.
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A Global Fight to Protect the Drug Supply

Adeline Siew is editor for Pharmaceutical Technology Europe. She is also science editor for Pharmaceutical Technology.

The proliferation of counterfeit medicines is nothing new to pharma; however, the scale of the problem seems to be escalating.

The Cost of Counterfeits

TraceLink launched the EU-hosted early access program to reduce the time, cost, and risk of achieving regulatory compliance for global requirements.

TraceLink Launches Early Access Program for Life Sciences Cloud

A report from the European Union Intellectual Property Office shows that the EU loses approximately €10.2 billion a year due to counterfeit medicines.

EUIPO Report Says Counterfeit Medicines Cost EU €10.2 Billion a Year

Pharmaceutical manufacturers and business partners are studying how Advanced Digital Ledger Technology might solve supply chain and other data transfer problems.

Could Blockchain Enable Secure Data Transfer?

A number of organizations have analyzed and estimated the size of pharma’s counterfeit and diversion problem.

Tracking a Global Problem

As criminals duplicate the latest overt security technologies, pharmaceutical manufacturers are evaluating covert and layered approaches to fight counterfeiting, theft, and illegal product diversion.

Anticounterfeiting, Track and Trace Systems