The terms of the agreement would apply blockchain to identify counterfeit medicines, create medical registries in hospitals and digitize patients' files.
The platform was built with Microsoft Azure Internet of Things(IoT) technologies, and helps companies reduce counterfeit drugs and cold chain product wastage.
Twenty-nine global pharmaceutical companies had given funding to INTERPOL for its efforts to combat counterfeit medicines(including raising awareness, exposing counterfeiters and distributors, capacity building for discovery of counterfeit medicines)..
In South Korea, the healthcare industry has been very proactive in implementing blockchain to centralize patient information and marginalize the prevalence of counterfeit drugs through transparent supply chain management.
JPMA regularly conducts a survey on counterfeit medicines among member companies to grasp the actual state of anti-counterfeiting efforts at member companies.
According to French EP member Kader Arif,"The problem with ACTA is that, by focusing on the fight against violation of intellectual property rights in general, it treats a generic drug just as a counterfeited drug.
Even though the criminal activities are not essentially new, for instance of counterfeit medications, illicit gambling, fraud and theft, they are in fact changing consistent with the opportunities presented on the internet.
Many companies responded that the leading division for activities on counterfeit medicines was"Production/Quality related divisions" for the domestic and global sectors, or"Security related division" including global and product security.
As for Customs, cracking down on the infringement of intellectual property rights and trademark rights in particular via national customs agencies can be an effective tool as a countermeasure against counterfeit medicines.
In addition, the JPMA has made efforts to grasp the actual state of anti-counterfeiting efforts at member companies by regularly conducting a survey on counterfeit medicines among member companies.
In 2017, the World Customs Organization, Interpol, and law enforcement from more than 123 countries seized more than $50 million in counterfeit medicines and medical devices.
As counterfeit medicines of multiple anti-cancer drugs, antipsychotics, antibiotics, antihypertensives, and antidiabetic drugs were found in the global sector, suggesting that fields in top sales ranking are likely to be the target of counterfeit medicines.
I don't want you to get the impression that the blockchain is the solution to everything, even though the media has said that it's going to end world poverty, it's also going to solve the counterfeit drug problem and potentially save the rainforest.
Based on the insight garnered from this survey, JPMA and its member companies will identify concrete implementation measures with a view to cooperating with various stakeholders, and will continue its efforts geared towards the eradication of counterfeit medicines.
JPMA and its member companies contribute to maintain patients' heath in Japan and developing countries by preventing the circulation of counterfeit medicines through raising awareness and close collaboration with MHLW, customs and police.
The percentage of“domestic capital” companies that reported to currently tackle with the problems of counterfeit medicines in Japan increased from approximately 35% in the 1st survey(2013) and approximately 46% in the 2nd survey(2015) to approximately 62% in this survey.
This was quite similar to the figure of 62% according to the other report about the counterfeit medicine percentage through Internet shopping which the Medicines Control Agency in the United Kingdom reported. Also, the figure of 55.4% was reported for counterfeit medicines particular to ED curatives according to the research results from the combined investigation of 4 companies- Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Beyer drug manufacturing, Eli Lilly Inc. and Nippon Shinyaku.
The responses to the questions for all member companies found that many companies strengthened<improvements of internal system>“clarification of responsible and relevant divisions”,“clarification of incident reporting/information sharing process about falsified medicine” and“establishment/awareness of internal procedure manual(including group companies)” in Japan.
Countermeasures against counterfeit medicines-"Improvement of internal system" and"coordination with public institutions/industry groups" are strengthening- The companies who confirmed counterfeit medicines take actions and measures, including import injunction requests to customs office, purchase/analysis of samples of counterfeit drugs(identification of true/false), detection in cooperation with health organizations and police, and collaboration with sales companies.
Organizational structure for planning actions against counterfeit medicines-More companies are tackling with the problems of counterfeit medicines- The percentage of"domestic capital" companies that reported to currently tackle with the problems of counterfeit medicines in Japan increased from approximately 35% in the 1st survey(2013) and approximately 46% in the 2nd survey(2015) to approximately 62% in this survey.
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