Traceability, authentication, serialization

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Primer
| September 21, 2012

Anti-counterfeit countermeasures—tactics evolving to strategies

Packaging components can help deter counterfeiting, but a deeper understanding of the threat is necessary to develop packaging strategies. Here are four steps to help meet the threat.
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Xyntek's partnership with Antares Vision comes just in time to satisfy e-pedigree demand.
News
| August 21, 2012

Serialization technology proven in 250 installations comes to U.S. market

Pharma technology and automation consulting firm Xyntek gains exclusive U.S. rights to market leading global serialization technology from Antares Vision.
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News
| August 8, 2012

What do Sam’s Club, Sunkist, and Nestlé have in common?

And what do they share with topics such as track and trace, package design, clean rooms, and medical devices?
Serialization: Why IT Matters
 Video | July 26, 2012

Serialization: Why IT Matters

Standards are in place to get your organization aligned to committing to a serialization strategy, says Elliot Abreu of Xyntek at Mettler Toledo’s recent Pharma Exchange. Abreu talks about the complexity of the environment and why it is important to get started now.
Pharma Exchange
News
| July 12, 2012

Serialization urgency: Industry has failed to sound the alarm

Resources are being stretched so thin, hoping for another California delay is not going to cut it.
AlpVision authentication
Machine Product Brief
| July 11, 2012

iPhone instant product authentication

AlpVision introduces an iPhone 4 instant product authentication application capable of detecting its Varnish Cryptoglyph® solution, an invisible marking embedded in the standard varnish coating applied to packaging and labeling.
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MT Pharma Exchange
News
| July 11, 2012

Serialization need not be complex

You don’t have to wait for California’s 2015 target date to reap benefits—a modular, flexible approach to data is the key to keeping it simple.
Tag it to track it
Materials Product Brief
| July 10, 2012

Molecular taggant technology for product security

Using taggant technologies, (security labels and laser systems that are completely invisible and otherwise undetectable) new Molecular Taggants from Microtrace offer dilution detection (as low as 10% dilution) to positively identify products and materials, prevent fraud, and deter counterfeiting. have a low loading ratio, economical tagging of high volume bulk materials, are soluble for fluids, and offer standoff detection.
FDA Teva Adderall
News
| June 6, 2012

Filling errors, counterfeit packs gain FDA’s attention

Hospira’s prefilled cartridges are overfilled, but not recalled. Counterfeit versions of Teva’s Adderall use wrong package, with print misspellings.
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Feature Article
| May 29, 2012

No 'one-size-fits-all' approach to pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting

Securing the distribution system will help, but eliminating counterfeit pharmaceuticals may be impossible.

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