Nigeria is working with Interpol and planning to set up 3 offices in India to fight counterfeiting, and specifically allegedly China-produced fakes labelled “Made in India”.

The full article is posted at:

http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Industry-Drivers/NAFDAC-ups-anti-counterfeiting-actions/?c=JiBz%2FX6W896MgKpnW7DU1A%3D%3D&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily

and notes: "The battle against counterfeits in Nigeria has been fought by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), which is now taking further steps to tackle the problem. NAFDAC’s latest actions are in response to a seizure of counterfeit drugs that are believed to be of Chinese origin but were labelled 'Made in India'. The seized shipment consisted of counterfeit generic anti-malarial drugs."

I spoke to IMANI's Bright Simons (http://www.imanighana.com/bright.html) when he was in the States a couple of weeks ago. This is in direct alignment with his vision for mPedigree. Counterfeit organizations span countries, continents and hemispheres. Agencies effective at reducing the impact of these worldwide counterfeiting organizations must have worldwide span as well. Think GS1. Think ISO. If the scope of your anti-counterfeiting strategy is too small, the same will be true of its effectiveness.

Cheers,

Steve