European anti-counterfeit scheme moves on amid industry concerns
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The Council of Europe's department for the quality of medicines (EDQM) is working on a "track-and-trace" project that it says will be able to link up national traceability systems in a Europe-wide platform to help prevent counterfeit medicines entering the supply chain. However, the European pharmaceutical industry association and other players have expressed concern over the costs and practicalities of implementing such a system.