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HP Launches Cloud based Global Authentication Service to Fight Counterfeit Drugs

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HP has launched its Global Authentication Service, a cloud-based track-and-trace solution based on technology that has been used to fight the global problem of counterfeit and stolen drugs, estimated to claim 700,000 lives every year(1) and representing an illegal $75 billion global industry.(2)

The HP Global Authentication Service allows pharmaceutical companies to monitor the movement of



roducts through their global supply chains with a much higher degree of accuracy. This helps protect consumers against dangerous or ineffective drugs and enables pharmaceutical companies to protect their revenue and intellectual property from the growing black market.

The service is initially being rolled out in India due to the phenomenal growth in the country's pharmaceutical industry, which also is seeing the development of a parallel counterfeit drug market. The service, which runs on scalable, cloud-based technology, also can be deployed in other industry sectors, offered in any geographical region and incorporated into an existing drug production system.

The service's underlying technology engine was originally developed by HP Labs - the company's central research arm - and the HP Software Professional Services Cloud Services Innovation Center to monitor goods in HP's supply chain. It was later adapted for use in product recalls in the food industry.

The solution was most recently adapted and deployed in collaboration with the African nonprofit social enterprise mPedigree to track, trace and authenticate a range of life-saving medications in Nigeria and Ghana, with a rollout planned for more countries later this year.

The HP Global Authentication Service works in conjunction with HP's global printing partners who are able to print quality labels in high volumes very efficiently even when required in some of the world's most remote locations.

"HP technology is not only providing commercial benefits to our clients, but also is helping to save lives," said Prith Banerjee, senior vice president, Research, and director, HP Labs. "The su




n Service works in conjunction with HP's global printing partners who are able to print quality labels in high volumes very efficiently even when required in some of the world's most remote locations.

"HP technology is not only providing commercial benefits to our clients, but also is helping to save lives," said Prith Banerjee, senior vice president, Research, and director, HP Labs. "The success to date with mPedigree and subsequent commercialization of our Global Authentication Service highlights how valuable social innovation initiatives can be in helping bring innovative service offerings to the market."

Background

As of 2009, India's pharmaceuticals industry was estimated at $21.04 billion.(3) As this industry grows, so does the associated risk of a counterfeit market. While India is a leading manufacturer and exporter of high-quality generic and patent drugs, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ranked the country as the largest source of counterfeit medicine, with 75 percent of counterfeit drugs worldwide having some origins in India.

- Counterfeit drugs often contain the wrong quantity of active pharmaceutical ingredients, which can result in illness or death.

- Counterfeit drugs account for approximately 10 percent of the global drug market.(3)

- The use of counterfeit drugs is estimated to finance a $75 billion global counterfeit pharmaceutical industry.(2)

- The World Health Organization estimates that counterfeit drugs constitute 25 percent of the drug market in developing countries.(4)

- Across Africa, 30 percent of malaria medications are estimated to be counterfeit.(1)

Supporting resources

More information about HP's work in social innovation for healthcare is available at HP's Office of Global Social Innovation website.

Additional information regarding the work of mPedigree is available in an interview with founder Bright Simons and at Data Central, the HP corporate blog.

Information about HP's award-winning work with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and social enterprise mPedigree also is available at Data Central.

(1) "Keeping It Real: Protecting the world's poor from fake drugs," International Policy Network, May 2009.

(2) "21st Century Health Care Terrorism: The Perils of International Drug Counterfeiting," Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, September 2005.

(3) "Background on Indian Pharmaceutical industry," Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, July 2010.

(4) "Standard and Counterfeit Medicines," World Health Organization, November 2003.






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