Other News

• Lack of authentication 'undermines US anti-counterfeit strategy'

  US policymakers have "missed a golden opportunity" to make authentication technologies mandatory for intellectual property protection and protection against counterfeits, according to the IAA.

• Oracle launches serialisation software for pharma

  Oracle has launched its Pedigree and Serialisation Manager (OPSM) software application designed to help pharmaceutical manufacturers implement mass serialisation and traceability of their products.

• Bilcare unveils pharma clients for authentication tech

  India's Bilcare has moved its nanotechnology-based authentication technology into the commercial arena in pharma, signing deals with four domestic and multinational drugmakers.

• India looks to technology to secure generic drug exports

  India's government is looking at applying anti-counterfeit technologies to exported drugs to restore the battered reputation of its pharmaceutical manufacturers.

• Medicine seizures by EU customs rise again in 2009

  Customs officers in the EU detained fewer shipments suspected of infringing intellectual property rights in 2009 compared to 2008, but sadly that downturn did not extend to medicinal products.

• Pharmaceutical cargo thefts thwarted

  Two shipments of pharmaceutical products stolen in the last few days in the USA have been recovered thanks to the use of covert tracking devices supplied by Freightwatch.