Diversion/Theft
RFID Tags Can Offer Protection From the Theft of Pharmaceuticals
The convergence of the underlying technologies of radio broadcasts and radar, known as radio frequency identification (RFID), may be able to aid in the prevention of the theft of pharmaceuticals. The development of RFID began during WWII and began to be put to commercial uses by the late 1960s, according to Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine.…
[...]Zanzibar Operation Nets Counterfeit Drugs
The Zanzibar Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Board and Interpol’s Tanzania branch recently impounded a quantity of counterfeit drugs following an operation named Mamba 111. It was the first operation since the board was created and resulted in hundreds of cartons of counterfeit drugs being impounded, according to The Tanzanian Citizen. The counterfeit drugs were confiscated…
[...]DEA Heads First-Ever Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
The Drug Enforcement Administration and government, community, public health and law enforcement partners announced a nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. DEA will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction at sites nationwide on Saturday, September 25 th from 10 a.m. to…
[...]South Carolina Woman Charged with the Theft of Pharmaceuticals
A South Carolina woman is accused of selling the painkillers she stole from the pharmacy where she worked. Noni Anyanna Williams allegedly stole 8,000 hydrocone 10 pills, which are also known as Lortab, from the Rite Aid where she worked in Spartanburg, South Carolina, according to GoUpstate.com. Police officials say that Williams used doctors’ Drug…
[...]Stolen Carbatrol and Adderall XR – Check Lot Numbers
A pharmaceutical company recently alerted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that some drugs taken during a 2008 pharmaceutical cargo theft may be beginning to reappear in the market. On October 17, 2008, a shipment of Carbatrol and Adderall XR made by Shire Pharmaceuticals was stolen en route between the company’s manufacturing facility in North…
[...]Pharmaceutical Cargo Thefts on the Rise in Mexico
Figures recently released by a cargo security firm show that Mexico has become a popular spot for pharmaceutical cargo theft. In the second quarter of 2010 there were six pharmaceutical cargo thefts in Mexico, compared to three in the first three months of the year, according to logistics security firm FreightWatch. While the number of…
[...]German Prosecutors Find Suspect Drugs in Supply Chain
Germany is investigating dozens of pharmacies in the north of the country for suspected involvement in the distribution of illegal medicines, including counterfeits, reports securingpharma.com. Prosecutors have brought charges against one pharmacist from the Braunschweig region who is accused of handling €1.68m-worth. Pharmacies in Hamburg, Celle, Verden and Kiel are also being probed, reports the…
[...]FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Stolen Advair Inhalers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning that a number of Advair Diskus inhalers that were stolen in 2009 have been found in some pharmacies and that consumers should not used the stolen products. The products were reported stolen from a GlaxoSmithKline warehouse near Richmond, Virginia, in August 2009. These recently…
[...]Why Steal a Truck Full of Drugs?
Perhaps it’s an obvious question, but after the recent truck hijacking of generic asthma medication this month in McKinney Texas, we wondered, “Who steals entire truckloads of drugs, and what do they do with them?” It seemed like something right out of a mobster movie. We asked the counterfeit drugs experts on the Partnership’s board…
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