• EC seeks comment on unique medicine identifiers
  The European Commission has published a concept paper on the unique identifier for medicines, outlined in the EU falsified medicines directive and due to be fleshed out via the delegated acts process.
  
• WHO working group drafts resolution on SSFFC medicines
  Last week's meeting of a WHO working group on low quality and illegal drugs ended with a draft resolution for debate at the next World Health Assembly.
  
• FDA finalises guidance for on-dose anti-counterfeit technologies
  The US FDA has published its final guidance on the use of on-dose anti-counterfeiting technologies - referred to as physicochemical identifiers or PCIDs - for use in solid oral dosage forms such as tablets and capsules.
  
• Pangea IV nets illegal medicines worth around $6.3m
  The latest Interpol-backed offensive against illegal medicines has led to 55 arrests and seizures of 2.4m potentially harmful drugs worth around $6.3m.
  
• FDA report models counterfeiting and diversion patterns in US
  A new report form the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has used historical cases of medicine counterfeiting and diversion to gain a better understanding of the methods used by criminals and help prevent incidents in future.
  

Latest papers:

The Medicrime Convention: combating counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes

Guide to Meeting India's Serialisation Requirements

Zuellig Pharma Specialty Solutions Group: connect with us to connect with Asia!

Maximum quality, minimal running costs: the RedCube UV DOD inkjet printer for high-end marking

State-of-the-art handheld Raman spectrometer for cGMP facilities

Are your pharmaceutical cargo shipments protected from theft?

The challenge of prescription medication adherence: how serialisation can improve outcomes

Track-and-trace in China: what you need to know

Applying supply chain best practices from other industries to healthcare

On-dosage and on-packaging solutions to combat counterfeit medicine

4th Annual UPS "Pain in the (Supply) Chain" survey

Improving patient outcomes and accelerating growth through serialisation: 2015 is a footnote

After Heparin: Protecting Consumers from the Risks of Substandard and Counterfeit Drugs

Pocket-sized printer for track-and-trace and serialisation offers low running costs

Neri BL400 labelling and printing machines for pharma serialisation

Covectra CSP Serialization Gateway for pharma contract service providers

Centice PINPOINT Rx™: prescription drug identification system

Assessing the Risk of Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals in the Online Marketplace

Addressing the Global Counterfeit Drug Trade: Interview with Tom Kubic

Phony drugs, real solutions: practical anti-counterfeiting considerations

Cryptoglyph® invisible marking using standard printing processes

Combating counterfeit, falsified and substandard medicines: defining the way forward?

White paper on the anti-counterfeiting of medicines

Latest research:

Pharmaceutical serialization: moving from "if" to "how"

Wireless Opportunities in Healthcare 2011 (The market for Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee, UWB WWAN, WMAN, WLAN and other technologies)

Impact of counterfeits on the pharmaceutical industry: Counterfeiting poses threats to patient safety and revenues of pharmaceutical companies

Pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting technologies: market analysis 2011-2021

Global anti-counterfeit markets in food & pharmaceutical applications by geography, technology trends and forecasts (2010-2015)

Anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies in the global pharmaceutical and food industries

The Future of Pharmaceutical Distribution in Europe - The impact of DTP on manufacturers and wholesalers

Anti-Counterfeit Packaging: a Global Business Report

Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting Strategies and Commercial Analysis 2010-2020

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Pharma: Supply Chain Security Concerns Provide Impetus for RFID Adoption

Global Anti Counterfeit Packaging Technologies Market For Food and Pharmaceuticals (2009-2014)

The Future of Anticounterfeiting, Brand Protection & Security Packaging V

Impact of Counterfeits on Parallel Trade & Pharmaceutical Distribution

Pharmaceutical Distribution in the US: Current and Future Perspectives

RFID for Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals 2009-2019

Filling the Holes in the Drug Supply Chain (Strategic Focus)

RFID Forecasts, Players and Opportunities: 2009-2019

The Pharmaceutical Wholesale and Distribution Industry Outlook & Analysis 2008

Pharmaceutical Supply chain strategies: Reassessing product distribution to cut costs and improve supply chain management

Latest events:

Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade
Feb.06-07, 2012 - London, UK

Supply Chain Middle East Strategy Summit
Feb.07-08, 2012 - Dubai, UAE

WestPack
Feb.14-16, 2012 - Anaheim (CA), USA

Pharmapack Europe 2012
Feb.15-16, 2012 - Paris, France

PIMS 2012: The Annual Pharmaceutical Innovation & Manufacturing Strategies Leaders Summit
Feb.15-16, 2012 - London, UK

Microbiology in Quality Control Laboratories Conference and Exhibition
Feb.27-29, 2012 - Washington DC, USA

Packaging Innovations 2012 (colocated with Ecopack, Contract Pack, Packtech & Print Innovations)
Feb.29-Mar.01, 2012 - Birmingham, UK

Product Authentication + Security Summit (PASS)
Feb.29-Mar.02, 2012 - Shanghai, China

HealthPack 2012
Mar.06-08, 2012 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

HDMA Distribution Management Conference (DMC) and Technology Expo, co-hosted with IFPW 2012
Mar.11-14, 2012 - Orlando (FL), USA

European Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Conference
Mar.12-13, 2012 - Berlin, Germany

Tackling Product Contamination
Mar.13, 2012 - London, UK

21st Global GS1 Healthcare Conference
Mar.20-22, 2012 - Sydney, Australia

3rd Global IP Exchange
Mar.25-27, 2012 - venue tbc, Germany

9th Pan European High Security Printing Conference
Mar.27-29, 2012 - St Petersburg, Russia

IP Protect Expo 2012: Brand Protection in Action
Mar.28-29, 2012 - London, UK

IPhEB 2nd St.Petersburg International Pharmacy Engineering & Biotechnology Forum
Apr.03-05, 2012 - St.Petersburg, Russia

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Conference
Apr.19-20, 2012 - Philadelphia (PA), USA

Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting
Apr.24-25, 2012 - London UK

World Pharma Manufacturing Congress (WPMC) 2012
Apr.24-25, 2012 - Shanghai, China

LogiPharma Europe 2012
Apr.24-26, 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland

INTERPHEX 2012
May 01-03, 2012 - New York (NY), USA

3rd University of Würzburg 'Strategies against Falsified/Counterfeit Medicines' Conference
May 07-08, 2012 - Würzburg (nr.Frankfurt), Germany

USP Workshop on Supply Chain Integrity
May 22-23, 2012 - Rockville (MD), USA

1st Latin American High Security Printing Conference
Jun.12-14, 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PABS™ 2012: Product Authentication & Brand Security
Sep.10-11, 2012 - Chicago (IL), USA

Labelexpo Americas 2012
Sep.11-13, 2012 - Chicago (IL), USA

A-CAPPP Executive Education Seminar: Anti-Counterfeiting Strategy-Risk Assessment
Sep.26-27, 2012 - East Lansing (MI), USA

INTERPHEX Puerto Rico
Oct.04-05, 2012 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Emballage 2012
Nov.19-22, 2012 - Paris, France