Danes Advise Pharma Firms To Test Their Anti-Tamper Devices

About 10% of marketed medicines chosen at random in Denmark had “non-functioning” anti-tamper devices, leaving them open to possible interference.

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Anti-tamper devices should show whether a medicine pack has been opened • Source: Shutterstock

The Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA) is working on a project to check anti-tamper devices (ATDs) on medicine packs after about a tenth of selected marketed products were found to have an ATD that could be removed without leaving any evidence that the pack had been opened or otherwise interfered with.

Under the EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive, ATDs such as tapes and stickers must be placed across the opening of prescription...

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