Pharmaceuticals

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  US adds eight countries to its IP "priority watch" list

  This year's list makes illuminating reading in the context of President Trump's tariffs and developing trade war.

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  Gujarat hit by wave of falsified QR codes on medicines

  The case further exposes the vulnerabilities of the QR code-based system that has been deployed in India since 2023.

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  FDA issues fresh warning about fake Ozempic

  Several hundred units of counterfeit Ozempic injection 1mg have been found in the US drug supply chain.

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  Ex-FDA chief warns agency cuts raise illicit product risks

  "It is not hard to project that more illicit and counterfeit products will enter this country as a result of...haphazard cuts."

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  India's QR code programme: Part 2 - rating the drug makers

  The Indian QR coding programme introduced in 2023 to detect counterfeit medicines will instead now cause great harm.

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  Merck partners Zebra on traceability ecosystem

  Zebra's TC58 mobile computer range will be integrated into the recently launched M-Trust product verification system.

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