Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Counterfeits & mislabelling
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Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
The reviewer, the approver, and why regulated documents carry two names
A manufacturer’s certificate is a self-declaration. An accredited laboratory’s report is a third-party measurement. The trade prints both under one heading.
Accreditation, scope, and the question nobody asks Medutest
A manufacturer’s certificate is a self-declaration. An accredited laboratory’s report is a third-party measurement. The trade prints both under one heading.
The United Arab Emirates health authority warns on falsified liraglutide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
The United Kingdom health authority warns on falsified exenatide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Sweden health authority warns on falsified liraglutide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
What a batch number is supposed to mean
What happens to traceability when bulk material is subdivided, repackaged and relabelled two or three times before sale.
Leucine, isoleucine, and a difference no balance can measure
Deamidation adds 0.98 daltons. On a low-resolution instrument at incretin molecular weights, that is inside the noise.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Repackaging, subdivision, and the batch number that changed hands
A document is only as good as the chain that connects it to the material, and most chains here are two or three links longer than the paperwork admits.
Date of analysis, date of manufacture, and the gap between them
What happens to traceability when bulk material is subdivided, repackaged and relabelled two or three times before sale.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Retest date, expiry date, and the two conventions being confused
A document is only as good as the chain that connects it to the material, and most chains here are two or three links longer than the paperwork admits.
The header, the table and the signature block
The header identifies the batch, the table records the tests, and the footer says who is answerable. Two of the three are usually incomplete.
France health authority warns on falsified tirzepatide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.