
Product degradation is often overlooked compared with other supply chain issues, but if left unchecked can lead to the market entry of substandard medicines, whether through ignorance or gross negligence.
Duane Sword is Vice President Marketing & International Sales at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Product degradation is often overlooked compared with other supply chain issues, but if left unchecked can lead to the market entry of substandard medicines, whether through ignorance or gross negligence.

To date, the pharmaceutical industry's primary defence to counterfeiting is to create more sophisticated packaging that makes imitation more difficult, such as packaging involving barcoding and RFID.

To date, the pharmaceutical industry?s primary defence to counterfeiting is to create more sophisticated packaging that makes imitation more difficult, such as packaging involving barcoding and RFID.

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