New Technologies Protect Pharmaceuticals Against Counterfeiting

By Roland Meylan, AlpVision

Anticounterfeiting and traceability are different problems requiring different solutions. On the one hand, traceability requires standardization and interoperability among the various manufacturers and the intervening third parties within the supply chain up to the dispensing point. On the other hand, anticounterfeiting features, especially those invisible to the naked eye or covert ones, require secrecy and confidentiality. They should constantly keep pace with the technological advances of the counterfeiters.

As seen in Pharmaceutical Online The Magazine, 2010 Edition