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Variable Data Printing and Improved Pharma Product Protection and Brand/Customer Interaction

My previous post was a link to the excellent In-Pharma Technologist blog edited by Nick Taylor. Nick solicited a posting from me back in April, but I could not find it on In-Pharma, so given a 1/2 year grace period, I think its time to post here: Variable...

Published 10-14-2009 4:18 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, security, VDP, Track and Trace, authentication, SVDP, mass serialization, image forensics, steganography, counterfeit

NAFDAC branching out to India

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...

Published 08-06-2009 4:16 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, GS1, ISO, safety, MPedigree, counterfeit, Bright Simons, IMANI, Nigeria, India, NAFDAC

Law of Power 4—Always Say Less Than Necessary

Continuing a reinterpretation of Robert Greene’s 1998 landmark, “The 48 Laws of Power”, I turn his Law #4 sideways (applying the law to the fighting of counterfeiting and other forms of fraud) and then turn it upside down (using the...

Published 07-22-2009 4:44 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: variable data printing, security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, VDP, counterfeit, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Coriolanus, Marcel Duchamp, caloric restriction, Peter Sellers, Louis XIV

Puzzling Advice From the FDA: Add Chemicals to your Drugs

The FDA is advocating the addition of chemicals to pharmaceuticals to improve the identification of counterfeits. http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Industry-Drivers/FDA-advocates-food-pigments-and-flavours-to-combat-counterfeits/?c=JiBz%2FX6W897ybeGc6YCjow...

Published 07-16-2009 2:52 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, pharmaceuticals, Pharma, FDA, counterfeit, Safety GS1, PCIDs, drug formulation

HP and Dubai Police seize Dhs70m worth of counterfeit components

A quick blog today on an HP seizure of a mountain of counterfeit materials. Apologies for the long time between postings...just back from an amazing trip to Ireland for vacation. http://www.ameinfo.com/202085.html "HP Middle East's efforts to...

Published 07-07-2009 2:48 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security printing, security, packaging, counterfeit, Emirates, Security Labels, Dubai

Law of Power 3: Conceal Your Intentions

In a continuing interpretation of Robert Greene’s 1998 bestseller, “The 48 Laws of Power” (Penguin Books), I turn it sideways (using the laws to fight counterfeiting and other forms of fraud) and then turn it upside down (using the laws...

Published 06-16-2009 7:34 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: variable data printing, security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, VDP, counterfeit, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Kissinger, Talleyrand, Fouché, Napoleon, Hamlet

Law of Power 2—Never Put Too Much Trust in Friends; Learn To Use Your Enemies

In 48 posts on this site, Robert Greene’s modern-day Machiavellian masterpiece on the principles of power, “The 48 Laws of Power” (1998, Penguin Books), is being turned sideways (using the laws to fight counterfeiting and other forms...

Published 05-31-2009 5:34 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: variable data printing, security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, VDP, counterfeit, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene

Law of Power 1—Never Outshine the Master

Robert Greene’s eclectic masterpiece on the ethics—or lack thereof—of success, “The 48 Laws of Power”, serves as the stimulus for a set of 48 blogs to come on how to use these laws in fighting fraud (turning his rules sideways...

Published 05-27-2009 5:35 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: variable data printing, security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, VDP, counterfeit, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene

Price too good to be true? Then indeed it is...

I have spent the last two days at the Brand Protection conference here at the Graphics of the Americas ( http://www.graphicsoftheamericas.com/conferences/bpc.html ). With the world's economy in a tailspin, there have been numerous discussions of how...

Published 02-28-2009 3:28 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, EBay, theft, fraud, safety, counterfeit, Graphics of the Americas, Craigslist, Brand Protection Graphics of the Americas, Yahoo, retail

Financial Times roundtable on counterfeiting

Can companies afford to wage war against the counterfeiters? That is the question asked by the Financial Times to a set of experts on business and branding: Their answers are at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1958490-dc5a-11dd-b07e-000077b07658.html . It...

Published 01-10-2009 5:58 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, security, counterfeit, Lego, recession, Financial times

Counterfeit floodgates open for Colgate

Colgate toothpaste counterfeiting is not new to the world. In the summer of 2007, Colgate toothpaste was pulled from the shelves in Connecticut for this reason. Colgate released these details at the time: The counterfeit-toothpaste is labeled as "5...

Published 01-10-2009 4:52 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, Colgate, Colgate-Palmolive, toothpaste, counterfeit

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