The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 1% of medicines available in the developed world are believed to be fraudulent. Last year, an estimated 4.75 billion prescriptions were written in the U.S. That means 4.75 million prescriptions were written for counterfeit medicines last year in the U.S.
这些惊人的统计数据由Charles Forsaith，供应链安全，Purdue Pharma＆董事长，制药货物安全联盟，医疗保健包装委员会的制药货物安全联盟。RxAdherence Conference在弗洛克公园，新泽西州。
制药货物盗窃是大企业。Forsaith引用，每1000美元投资于假冒药品，回报是300,000美元。这是29,900％的投资回报！这是一个很大的企业，因此，伪造者和盗贼中的复杂程度都在上升。
The good news is that, in addition to the growing sophistication of thieves, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers are taking unprecedented steps to secure their products. Forsaith indicated that due to continued efforts in educational seminars and conferences and increased numbers of shared intelligence related to cargo theft incidents, the number of large-scale incidents is decreasing. In 2009, there were reportedly 47 large-scale pharmaceutical cargo thefts with an average loss of $42,000,000 and in 2016 there were fewer than 15 with an average value of loss of $200,000.
Forsaith recommends that anyone who is interested in learning more about preventing theft attend a seminar from PCSC, the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA), or an NICB National Cargo Theft Task Force seminar. Interested parties can also sign up for BSi, Freightwatch, IJET, CargoNet, Eurowatch. PCSC or Transportation Security Council Alerts.
