Pharmaceuticals

• 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.

• USTR highlights fake pharma in Notorious Markets report

  08-Jan-25 - 2024 report lists 38 online and 33 physical markets accused of involvement in "substantial" counterfeiting and piracy.

• Merck's 'digital twin' traceability platform comes to fruition

  07-Jan-25 - M-Trust – which is now in beta test release mode – is described by the company as a "cyber-physical trust platform."

• WHO warns of falsified AstraZeneca cancer drug

  06-Jan-25 - The counterfeit versions of the cancer immunotherapy Imfinzi have been found in Armenia, Lebanon, and Türkiye.

• ITC says CBP must crack down on illicit obesity drug imports

  03-Jan-25 - Agency found that "multiple bad actors" have been importing or selling knockoff copies of Lilly's tirzepatide.

• Gilead wins $31.8m damages in falsified meds case

  11-Dec-24 - Defendant Lorik Papyan was earlier sentenced for unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs.

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