Stop counterfeit medicines, protect patients
Using ultra secure labelling or our innovative mobile anti-counterfeiting solution, AdfirmiaTM we help pharmaceutical companies combat drug counterfeiting and protect patients
700,000 people die every year due to counterfeit medicines
Drug counterfeiting is a major public health problem, especially in emerging countries:
1/10
One in ten medicines in the world
is counterfeit
70 %
70% Emerging countries are currently the most at risk: in Africa, 70% of all medicines are counterfeit.
50 %
50% of medicines sold on line
are counterfeit.
To tackle the problem of counterfeit medicines, a number of countries and regions require medicines to be serialized using a visible code on all boxes of medicines.
However, while serialization is a step toward combating fraud, it does not guarantee the patient that the medicines they need to take are not counterfeit. Serialization codes cannot always be read by patients. They can be copied.
SECURED SEAL LABELS
Seal labels integrate security features designed to ensure the integrity and authenticity of the medicines, including:
- Different types of security (overt, covert, etc.), as for banknotes
- An ultra-destructible substrate that indicates any attempt to open the product
- More advanced authentication solutions: security taggants/inks, digital authentication solutions
SMARTPHONE-BASED AUTHENTICATION : ENABLING VERIFICATION BY THE PATIENT,
INCREASING SECURITY, BUILDING TRUST
Arjo Solutions has developed a mobile solution for detecting counterfeit products, AdfirmiaTM , based on a material biometrics technology, which is as simple to use as a barcode scanner, as secure as a molecular taggant and does not require anything to be added to the product.
Simply using a smartphone, experts and patients alike can authenticate the medicine without needing an expert assessment and interpretation.
Our solution also enables pharmaceutical labs to deploy a strategy for direct interaction with patients when authenticating their medicines.
- Reassuring Patients through product verification
- Providing personalized information about the drug and how to use it: dose, information about the treatment
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Strengthens the fight against drug counterfeiting by empowering the patient to play a part in it
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Provides patients with a guarantee that their medicines are authentic
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Improves patient information
