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Zetes expands in pharma; expecting bumper 2010

Belgian firm Zetes - which recently entered the pharma coding sector - is predicting a "very good year" in 2010 after seeing sales rise 6 per cent in the first half.

Canadian jailed for selling fake cancer meds online

Canadian national Hazim Gaber has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison by a court in Phoenix, USA, for selling fake cancer drugs on the Internet.

Stolen Shire medicines found in expired returns

Shire Pharmaceuticals has warned that some of its medicines stolen whilst in transit in 2008 are now reappearing on the market as expired returns.

Obama seeks action on online pharmacies domain names

Pres. Obama has called for a meeting with the ICANN and other Internet domain name stakeholders to see what can be done about rogue online pharmacies peddling illegal medicines.

IBM runs ad on drug serialisation

IBM has started screening an advertisement on television in the USA to promote its activities in the use of serialisation as a means to combat counterfeiting of medicines.

X-ray device offers another tool for counterfeit detection

A US company is seeking partners to help it bring a tabletop system for verifying the contents of unopened medicine containers, including opaque items, based on a technology known as scatter attenuation tomography.

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Huge counterfeit medicines haul seized in East Africa

Around 10 metric tonnes of counterfeit and illicit medicines has been seized in East Africa in a major new operation coordinated by Interpol and the World Health Organization-supported IMPACT group.

Italian study shines a light on online pharmacy practices

Online pharmacies routinely adopt marketing strategies that emphasise the convenience of buying medicines online while playing down the nature and risks of the products they sell, according to a survey by Italian researchers.

Counterfeit clippings: global news round-up

SecuringPharma.com's round-up of pharmaceutical supply chain security news from the world's press features reports from Switzerland, Uganda, China, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

EDQM suspends five more API certificates

The EDQM has suspended another set of certificates for active pharmaceutical ingredients because their manufacturers have failed or refused inspections.

EMA issues Q&A on medicinal gas traceability

The EMA has published a Question and Answer document explaining its position on the traceability of medicinal gases, which is part of the revision to Annex 6 of the EU's Good Manufacturing Practice Guide.

Germany's ABDA stands by supply chain's integrity

Consumers in Germany can have a high degree of confidence in the legal medicine supply chain despite recent cases of counterfeiting reported in the media, according to the country's pharmacy association (ABDA).

Fake tourniquet warning issued by FDA

Counterfeit tourniquets used by the US military and other services could put injured personnel at risk of excessive blood loss, according to the FDA.