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Biogency’s healthy brand protection strategy with Laava
WEBJul 3, 2023 · Consumer collaboration, fighting the fakes. The Laava Biogency partnership began as a way to help protect this premium brand and patented product formulations from copycats and fakes. It evolved into an integrated consumer engagement strategy supported by influencers on social media platforms in Biogency’s target markets.
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Counterfeit Ksalol tablets linked to deaths in Ireland
WEBJul 22, 2020 · Falsified versions of benzodiazepine Ksalol – a brand of alprazolam sold by generic drugmaker Galenika – have led to several deaths and admissions to hospital in Ireland, according to local media reports. Use of the pills, which are sold for as little as €2 apiece on the street and are known as ‘castles’, accelerated during the ...
HP launches secure printing for HP Indigo digital presses
WEBMay 17, 2021 · HP Indigo 6K Secure Press is a one-pass, end-to-end security printing solution developed in collaboration with Jura JSP, a global brand name in the high-security graphic arts and origination trade. The press is available now for certified security printers. It is based on the highly successful narrow-web HP Indigo 6K platform.
Hyundai will use blockchain to secure parts supply chain
WEBJan 11, 2021 · Hyundai MOBIS, the company’s parts subsidiary, has launched a new MAPS (Most Advanced Parts System) software platform that uses blockchain and artificial intelligence to distribute after sales parts for 300 of its Hyundai and Kia brand cars. Along with authentication, the system will support inventory …
Warning about "over-stickered" fake £20 notes in UK
WEBMar 21, 2022 · The Bank of England says that in 2021 around 103,000 counterfeit banknotes worth £2.7m ($3.6m) were taken out of circulation, with fewer than one in 40,000 banknotes estimated to be fake. At any one time, there is around 4.7 billion genuine banknotes in circulation, with a notional face value of …
Colorcon launches on-dose authentication platform for drugs
WEBMay 20, 2020 · Pharmaceutical excipient firm Colorcon has launched its on-dose authentication system SoteriaRx, which it says can help protect patients from potentially harmful drugs, and drugmakers from reputation-damaging counterfeits. The platform of physicochemical identifiers (PCIDs) – a term coined by the FDA in guidance published several years ago ...
AliHealth names YPB a partner on meds traceability platform
WEBApr 5, 2018 · AliHealth has signed a contract with YPB on pharma traceability that signals its intention to roll the platform out overseas. The new agreement means YPB has now been appointed an independent software vendor for the AliHealth supply chain traceability platform for the China market, according to the Australia-based company. YPB also says it …
J&J gets $6m settlement in counterfeit medical device case
WEBFeb 6, 2021 · Johnson & Johnson has agreed a $6m settlement with an Illinois-based company it has accused of selling counterfeit and expired Ethicon surgical devices. Last October, Advanced Inventory Management Inc (AIM) – which operates online as eSutures.com – was barred from using Ethicon’s trademarks or claiming association with Ethicon by US ...