Abstract

CURRENT TRENDS IN PHARMACEUTICAL COUNTERFEITS WITH ADVANCED TRACE AND TRACK TECHNOLOGY

B. Deepika* and Pooja Agarwal

ABSTRACT

Pharmaceutical counterfeiting is becoming a serious problem both in developed and in developing countries. This paper considers the extent of the problem and provides several examples of drugs, which have been counterfeited. Additionally, the effects of counterfeit products on consumers, health care providers, drug manufacturers and governments are discussed. Several of the currently used methods for the detection of anti-counterfeiting technologies is out lined. Finally, pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting measures such as the use of holograms, tracers and taggant, electronic tracking and Rfid technologies have summarized. DEFINATION  The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined that counterfeit medicines is the fake medicine. It may be contaminated or may contain wrong or no active ingredient. They could have the right active ingredient but the wrong dose. Counterfeit drugs are illegal and may be harmful to health.  According to US law, counterfeited medicine is pharmaceutical product, which is produced and sold with the intent to deceptively represent its origin, authentically or effectiveness.

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