Pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting : combating the real danger from fake drugs / Mark Davison. [electronic resource] Davison, Mark, 1968 March 1- Product counterfeiting. Drug adulteration. Drug Contamination. Consumer Product Safety. Fraud prevention & control. Pharmaceutical Preparations standards. HD9665.5 .D38 2011eb 615.1068/4 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. This book overviews and integrates the business and technical issues that pharmaceutical companies need to know in order to combat the major global problem of counterfeit medicines. In addition to discussion of the problems, the author Davison addresses analytical techniques scientists use to detect counterfeits and presents some possible solutions to the threat of counterfeit medical products. Coverage moves from basic overview of the problem, costs / risks to consumers (toxic products, mistrust of drug companies) and business (revenue loss, public trust), government oversight and regulation, authentication strategies (packaging, analytical techniques), product tracking and supply chain, and case studies from around the globe. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2011. ©2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xxiii, 402 pages) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118023679 eng