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• California Board of Pharmacy weighs in on RxTEC proposal

  California Board of Pharmacy calls for federal approach to medicine traceability equivalent to its ePedigree system in an open letter to Rep. Henry Waxman; also takes issue with rival RxTEC model.

• Pharmelp sampling project gets underway in Senegal

  A project aimed at using a technique known as capillary electrophoresis as a low-cost tool to detect fake and substandard drugs has got underway in Senegal.

• Low-cost quality test for antimalarials developed

  Researchers have developed a low-cost analytical technique for antimalarials based on fixed-dose artesunate and amodiaquine tablets, providing another weapon to fight counterfeiting of this critical medicine.

• Ghanaian study finds substandard, counterfeit pregnancy meds

  A study in Ghana of the quality of uterotonic drugs used in pregnancy has found worrying variations in quality, including product with no active ingredient suspected of being counterfeit.

• UK regulator launches new counterfeit medicine strategy

  The UK MHRA unveiled a new anti-counterfeiting strategy this week as it reflects on a successful five-year campaign against the trade in falsified drugs and medical devices.

• Pharmaceuticals stolen in $76m warehouse raid recovered

  Enforcement officials in the USA have recovered all of the $76m-worth of medicines stolen in a raid on an Eli Lilly facility in 2010, making 11 arrests.