Governments around the world are considering ways to expand access to health care for people in need. But access is worth little if the care isn’t safe and effective.
How do pharmaceutical companies try to curb the counterfeiting, illegal diversion and theft of medicine, and how do they collaborate and track data on the success of these efforts?
Thomas Kubic, president and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Security Institute, explains in a video interview conducted on the sidelines of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations’ recent 27th annual gathering in New York.
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Rolf Rosenkranz has worked as a Global Editor for Devex. Previously, Rolf was managing editor at Inside Health Policy, a subscription-based news service in Washington. He has reported from Africa for the Johannesburg-based Star and its publisher, Independent News & Media, as well as the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, a German daily.