Blockchain Continues to Advance
The below article was published in the February 2020 Tax Stamps & Traceability Newsletter which can be found here. Often when people hear...
ICYMI: FDA Evaluating Packaging Changes to Immediate-Release Opioid Analgesics
The FDA announced last month that it is evaluating the public health and safety impact of modifying the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation...
FDA Looks to Pilot Projects to Enhance Pharma Track and Trace
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a critical step to further enhance its nascent electronic track and trace system...
Opioid Package Signed into Law To Help Stem Dramatic Rise in Fatal Fentanyl-Related Overdoses
Fentanyl has made the opioid crisis ever more deadly. The sharp increase in fatal overdoses from fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (e.g.,...
New Initiative on Illicit Fentanyl's Danger
The Partnership for Safe Medicine 2018 Interchange held in Washington D.C. on June 7th brought together policymakers, counterfeit drug...
Combating Counterfeits with a Patient Perspective
Americans are largely unaware of the dangers associated with counterfeit drugs, lethal Fentanyl, and the widespread supply of fake medicine.
Colorado’s collaborative comprehensive approach for Marijuana Excise Recovery and Track and Trace is
At the Tax Stamp Forum in Berlin earlier this year, Barbara Brohl, the Executive Director for the Colorado State Licensing Authority &...
Could Blockchain be the answer?
Providing secure, effective and efficient track and trace is becoming increasingly more important for excisable goods. Simultaneously,...
Data holds the key to fight Organized Crime
Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the horrible terrorist attacks in Brussels, Europol and the British Chamber of Commerce...
Businesses need to adapt to the shifting threat of organized crime
Recently, Europol released its 2017 “Serious and Organised Crime and Threat Assessment – SOCTA” report. Shortly after that release, I had...
Track and Trace: How far can it go?
Track and Trace has become a popular buzzword these days. Proponents describe it as a powerful solution to a myriad of problems,...
The Coalition Against Illicit Trade (CAIT)
In May 2016, a new Coalition entered the Anti-Illicit Trade scene, the Coalition Against Illicit Trade (CAIT). The coalition is consist...
