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Pilot project in Nigeria to employ a mobile authentication service in an attempt to address a growing drug counterfeiting problem in that country.

Jim Butschli

Feb 11, 2010

A mobile authentication service (MAS) launched by Biofem Pharmaceuticals and the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) is being used in a pilot project in that country in an attempt thwart counterfeit drugs, reports in-Pharma Technologist.com.

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