Many people who have diabetes have no other choice than to give themselves daily insulin injections, but it looks like that could be changing. According to news reports, the problem in the past with oral medications for diabetes was that the insulin was essentially degraded before it could travel through the bloodstream due to the acidity of the stomach. Now, …
Drug Serialization Not Randomized, Easy To Counterfeit
Last year, Congress developed legislation in conjunction with the PDSA (Prescription Drug Security Alliance) in an effort to protect the pharmaceutical supply chain in the U.S. via PIA, or product identifier authentication. By the end of November in 2017, pharmaceutical manufacturers must be able to provide an SNI, or Standard Numerical Identifier, when verification is requested. The SNI is essentially …
Nearing the finishing line for pharmaceutical serialization
With a turnover of $21.9 billion in 2016, Teva is the global market leader in generic drugs. The pharmaceuticals giant operates in more than 100 countries and produces 16,000 different medicines to treat almost any medical condition. The firm’s Ulm and Blaubeuren sites together form a major production unit, employing some 1,300 people. February 9, 2019 marks the deadline to …
REA at the Achema: Final burst for the Pharma serialization
Muehltal, May 29th, 2018 – From February 2019, the anti-counterfeiting directive 2011/62/EU and the delegated regulation (EU)2016/161 will apply to pharmaceuticals. Packaging of prescription drugs must then have security features such as tamper evidence and a serial number. At the Achema show REA presents latest technology coding and marking systems as well as code verification systems that implement standard-compliant marking …