Kicking the 'counterfeit' out of fake drugs: IOM panel calls for mandatory track-and-trace system in US
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Executive Summary
One of the greatest roadblocks standing in the way of countering the problem of falsified and substandard drugs is the use of the term "counterfeit", argues a US Institute of Medicine panel, which has called for the creation by the Food and Drug Administration of a mandatory track-and-trace system 1.
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