Counterfeits In The Global Drug Supply

More bad news about fake drugs getting into the global drug supply.  This Chemical and Engineering News article is very well written, Fake Pharmaceuticals - Those fighting against counterfeit medicines face increasingly sophisticated adversaries.

Here are my takeaways:

• "The best “guesstimate” is that 1% of drugs in the developed world are counterfeit. In developing nations, between 10 and 50% of drugs are thought to be fake."
• "Is it possible to stop medicines counterfeiting altogether? I doubt very much whether it is. All we can do is to try our best to secure the supply chain."

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