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So, how do they deal with a counterfeiter who simple copies these "unique codes"? All the counterfeiter needs is access to new OR used pill bottles. Not very ha
by saurabhnanda 15y ago
So, how do they deal with a counterfeiter who simple copies these "unique codes"? All the counterfeiter needs is access to new OR used pill bottles. Not very hard, IMO.
- wisty 15y agoI'd assume they'd flag anything that gets checked by a consumer. It wouldn't stop everyone, but a pharmacy wouldn't need too many false alerts before customers would start going elsewhere, encouraging distributors to be more careful. Customers would need to be educated to tear up the code after use, but the pharmacy would probably handle that ("OK, go to this site, look, it's legit, now tear up that code").
- saurabhnanda 15y agoI guess, one easy way to solve this would be to flag whatever has been checked, and let the customer know someone else has checked the code before them. No one in the original distribution would feel the need to check a code, thus this would alert consumers of something fishy.
- wisty 15y agoOr distributers could use a special interface, which won't flag it as "dirty". They would use it, because it could help them track how fake goods are getting fed into their system.