Anti Counterfeiting of Pharmaceutical Packaging Goods Through RAS

Mohammad Sajjad Khan

 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University
470003, Sagar, India
Tel: +075 8224 7386 Fax: +075 8222 8572

Biography

Myself M Sajjad Khan, born in year 1978 on 10th of August, completed my Bachelor of Pharmacy in year 2003, I have completed my Masters of Pharmacy in year 2006, specialization in Pharmacognosy and did my dissertation on “Isolation of Markers from Ginger”. I was then placed as Senior executive in “Global Calcium Pvt. Ltd” in corporate office, Bangalore, then I placed as Research officer in Formulation and Development in “Flamingo Pharmaceuticals” Mumbai, till last month I was in “Lupin Labs ltd” as Senior Officer in Regulatory Affairs.

During my academic and professional career, I have attended nationals and international conferences, where I had presented research and review works and received best poster award in “APTI” conference held in Bilaspur scheduled 3rd-4th October 2008.  I also worked as monitor in subnational and national “Polio Survillence mission”.

At present I am pursuing PhD from Dr H. S. Gour University Sagar, and my research work is on Stress.

Abstract

The trade in pharmaceuticals is international in nature and medicine packaging counterfeiting is major, organised, transnational crime and poses a significant public health risk. The presence of fake packaging is more prevalent in countries with weak drug, packaging and labeling regulation control and enforcement. However, no single country is immune to this problem. All Drug Regulatory authorities (DRA) of different countries have a responsibility to vigorously combat this insidious criminal activity. Co-operation and information exchange between international DRAs is a vital component for detection and prevention of these crimes, and in the protection of the public health. The WHO, Rapid Alert System (RAS) is an excellent vehicle for combating the trade of counterfeit medicines.