Question

What are the difficulties involved in stopping counterfeiting of drugs? Give brief descriptions of various current measures that are being used/proposed by manufactures to resolve these.

Answer 1

Solution :

Counterfeiters not only copy the trademark, the label design and the trade dress of a well-known branded product, they also copy addresses and pose as licensees.

Measures:

To curb the incidence of counterfeit drugs, the maufacturet need to strengthen their drug regulatory authorities and their powers to enforce drug laws and regulations. The maufacturer should re-work the existing law and ensure that selling spurious drugs is no longer considered a minor offence, now punishable by the state drug controller by suspension or cancellation of license. The manufacturer recommends strict vigilance, with regular surprise checks at pharmacies and for the cause checks (suspicious checks). The report recognizes the lack of infrastructure and personnel to carry out these checks and recommends drastic upgradation and overhaul of the vigilance structure.

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