Counterfeiting goes cinematic in public campaigns

Torres, Christian

doi:10.1038/nm0410-363a

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“…Programs aimed at increasing awareness and communication campaigns against falsified medicines have been conducted, but their efficacy has not been measured. 22 , 49 – 51 In this survey, out of 144 outlets, 11.8% (17) had some form of information posted on falsified medicines and 4.8% (7) had the WHO “cobra” poster. 52 One-third (31.6%) of the samples collected had no labeling or no outer packaging.…”

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A Repeat Random Survey of the Prevalence of Falsified and Substandard Antimalarials in the Lao PDR: A Change for the Better

Tabernero¹,

Mayxay²,

Culzoni³

et al. 2015

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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In 2003, a stratified random sample survey was conducted in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) to study the availability and quality of antimalarials in the private sector. In 2012, this survey was repeated to allow a statistically valid analysis of change through time. The counterfeit detection device 3 (CD-3) was used to assess packaging quality in the field and HPLC and mass spectroscopy analysis chemical analysis performed. The availability of oral artesunate monotherapies had significantly decreased from 22.9% (22) of 96 outlets in southern Laos in 2003 to 4.8% (7) of 144 outlets in 2012 (P < 0.0001). All the samples collected in the 2012 survey contained the correct active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in contrast to the 21 (84%) falsified artesunate samples found in the 2003 survey. Although none of the medicines found in 2012 survey had evidence for falsification, 25.4% (37) of the samples were outside the 90–110% pharmacopeial limits of the label claim, suggesting that they were substandard or degraded. Results obtained from this survey show that patients are still exposed to poorly manufactured drugs or to ineffective medicines such as chloroquine. The quality of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) used in Laos needs to be monitored, since falsified ACTs would have devastating consequences in public health.

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A Repeat Random Survey of the Prevalence of Falsified and Substandard Antimalarials in the Lao PDR: A Change for the Better

Tabernero¹,

Mayxay²,

Culzoni³

et al. 2015

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Since ancient days, information authentication and anti-counterfeiting technologies have played important roles in trading, social management, and almost every aspect of human life . From the physical labels on seals, checks to the digital technology such as quick response (QR) codes and electronic signature, fusing of materials development, advanced manufacturing, and digital science are boosting the upgrades of security systems on reliability. , With the speeding up of the progress of digital transformation and explosive increase of digital twin entities, developing a robust and uncrackable authentication system is urgently needed.…”

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Tensor Network-Encrypted Physical Anti-counterfeiting Passport for Digital Twin Authentication

Jiagen

Liu

Lin

et al. 2021

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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The trend of digitalization has produced rapidly increasing data interaction and authentication demand in today’s internet of things ecosystem. To face the challenge, we demonstrated a micro-scale label by direct laser writing to perform as a passport between the physical and digital worlds. On this label, the user information is encrypted into three-dimensional geometric structures by a tensor network and then authenticated through the decryption system based on computer vision. A two-step printing methodology is applied to code the randomly distributed fluorescence from doped quantum dots, which achieved physical unclonable functions (PUFs) of the passport. The 105 bits/mm2 data storage density enables abundant encrypted information from physical worlds, for example, the biometric data of human users. This passport guarantees the strong correlation between the user’s privacy data and the PUF-assisted codes, successfully overcoming the illegal transfer of authentication information. Due to its ultra-high security level and convenience, the printed passport has enormous potential in future digital twin authentication anytime anywhere, including personal identity, valuable certificates, and car networking.

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Availability of Medicines Online and Counterfeit Medicines

Diazaraque

Gillen

2013

The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine

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Counterfeiting goes cinematic in public campaigns

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A Repeat Random Survey of the Prevalence of Falsified and Substandard Antimalarials in the Lao PDR: A Change for the Better

A Repeat Random Survey of the Prevalence of Falsified and Substandard Antimalarials in the Lao PDR: A Change for the Better

Tensor Network-Encrypted Physical Anti-counterfeiting Passport for Digital Twin Authentication

Availability of Medicines Online and Counterfeit Medicines

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