Archive for the ‘security’ Category
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
FreightWatch sent out some good holiday advice that I thought I would pass along to you. Dan Burges, CPP, director, global intelligence of FreightWatch, issued the following alert today via e-mail (in italics below) and gave me permission to share it with you:
Event: Holiday Awareness
Date: Labor Day Weekend
Description: Shippers, manufacturers, ...
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
While working on our next issue of Tracking & Tracing Pharmaceutical Products, we checked in with Huda Midani, business development manager, Schreiner ProSecure, Schreiner MediPharm L.P. about making a switch to a security label. I hear from many of you that changing packaging or labeling can often be challenging ...
Posted in Compliance Packaging, Counterfeiting, Diversion, FDA, Hospital, Labeling, Medical Devices, Safety, security, supply chain | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
We recently surveyed our readers in our annual salary survey, and many of them referred to the supply chain as a global one, like it or not. (Many, of course, are worried about losing jobs to other countries, but there may be some good news for them on that front.)
Fears ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
While drug counterfeiting is considered by many to be a significant worldwide problem, there could be an even bigger one looming: falsified active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Today Rx-360 Board Member and Hovione CEO Guy Villax called the threat of falsified APIs an "iceberg." He spoke in the Webcast, "To What ...
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
I thought this story sounded familiar!
Last week the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida reported that defendants "Jose Castillo of Ft. Lauderdale, Federico M. Fermin of Miami Beach, and Terri L. DeCubas of Pembroke Pines were indicted on charges of mail fraud, distribution of prescription drugs without ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
If you are wondering what FDA is thinking these days when it comes to drug safety, you should read yesterday's statement from Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., FDA's principal deputy commissioner, before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives. You may not have all your ...
Posted in Compliance Packaging, Counterfeiting, Diversion, FDA, Hospital, Imports, Third Parties, security, serialization | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
After Republican Scott Brown's win in Massachusetts, political pundits are already predicting the failure of President Obama's healthcare reform efforts. But even if the bill currently tied up in Congress fails to pass, healthcare reform does not have to end. In fact, if the bill does fail, maybe healthcare reformers ...
Posted in Bar Coding, Compliance Packaging, Counterfeiting, Healthcare Reform, Hospital, Inspection, Labeling, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, Safety, security | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging (Grand Rapids, MI) has launched a range of technologies for brand identity reinforcement and protection from counterfeiting. The technologies can be used for overt visual assurance of a package's authenticity and in a multi-layered approach using a Micro Text solution that Oliver-Tolas has also announced.
"Medical device counterfeiting ...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Recent cases of syringe tampering have made me wonder: Should prefilled syringes carry tamper evidence as part of a risk-mitigation strategy?
Tamper-evident packaging is not required for prescription drugs. According to an FDA spokesperson, "the regulation that requires tamper-evident packaging (21 CFR 211.132) applies only to over-the-counter drugs, not prescription drugs." ...
Posted in Bar Coding, FDA, Hospital, Labeling, Medical Devices, REMS, Safety, Tampering, Theft, security | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
If I read the recent theft news correctly, stealing pharmaceuticals and medical devices isn't netting much these days, yet people keep trying.
Last week the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Washington charged two men with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Engage in Interstate ...
Posted in Cold Chain, Diversion, Safety, security | No Comments »
