En studie om möjligheter att stoppa förfalskningar : Spårbarheten i en global värld

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to describe the traceability of products that protect against counterfeiting and examine how protection against counterfeit products have been developed to date, and to display the opportunity to streamline the protection of products and brands. Nowadays, in the global world, it is getting increasingly more difficult to track the products. Especially for the last link in the chain, which in most cases is the customer and who is constantly exposed to risks. This report deals with the possibilities of preventing and detecting counterfeit products. Fake products are not unusual in an historical perspective. It has been common with counterfeits ever since the Middle Ages continuously until today. Forgers have become more skillful and they are successful in most industries. Many of the fake products are of poor quality and can be downright dangerous to the customer. To answer the question, the author used a qualitative collection method. Interviews took place with seven respondents from the pharmaceutical industry, government agencies and professional organizations. The study showed that all the interviewed pharmaceutical companies have been exposed to their products being copied. Despite attempts finding a common solution for the medical industry, nationally and internationally, such a solution has not yet been adopted. Each company has tried to protect themselves with several technical solutions. Authorities have been running campaigns, trying to get consumers to avoid buying counterfeit products. Today the work is done through the development of laws, regulations, packaging, labelling and tracing techniques. It has been primarily done on a corporate or national level. This has until now often been ineffective because the counterfeiting industry is a global phenomenon. The conclusion of this study is that in order to reach international harmonization, the legislation and regulation is required, to be able to interact with standardized techniques to detect and prevent fraud in the entire supply chain for each industry.