The Indian anti-counterfeiting programme meant to protect domestic drug supplies has failed, and is actually now a gift to the counterfeiters. India is again making news in the pharmaceutical sector, ...

Counterfeit copies of Nestle's Nescafe Gold brand of instant coffee have been found on sale in Germany, and may contain broken glass or plastic. The fakes were reported by Nestle Deutschland, which ...

Falsified copies of Ipsen's Dysport – an injectable product used to treat cervical dystonia and spasticity as well as wrinkles – have been found in the UK, Poland, Türkiye, Kuwait and Jordan, ...

A new project aims to use blockchain technology to improve the security of the pharmaceutical supply chain. The project - still at the planning stages but outlined at a meeting of Hyperledger working ...

The Indian QR coding programme introduced in 2023 to detect counterfeit medicines will instead now cause great harm due to its flawed design and poor implementation by drug makers, with multinational ...

Businesses in the UK have been warned to be on the lookout for fake £20 notes, made by placing a sticker with holograms that mimic the genuine article on prop money. A video posted on Twitter by user ...

In 2021, the value of counterfeit and pirated goods imported into the UK amounted to £7.1bn (around $9bn), equivalent to 1.5 per cent of total UK imports, according to a just-published report.

Amazon is recalling and refunding all purchases of YuMove branded products sold by third-party sellers, in the face of evidence that counterfeits of the health supplements for pets are being sold on ...

SICPA, a global leader in secure identification, traceability, and authentication technologies, and Commstack, a provider of next-generation digital infrastructure for commodity traceability and ...

A Houston man involved in a counterfeit drug trafficking scheme has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering violations. Willis Reed (61), who was working as a ...

White pepper tends to be more expensive than the black variety, and that has made it a target for fraudsters, according to Northern Ireland-based Bia Analytical. In recognition of that activity, the ...

India has just floated a proposal to greatly expand its QR coding programme for protection against counterfeit medicines. That same platform however was earlier compromised with fake QR codes ...