The COVID vaccine market is worth at least $150 bi

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Countries all over the world are reporting the sale of fake, or misleadingly labelled, vaccines.

Counterfeit COVID vaccines are part of the rapidly increasing worldwide trade in fake medicines that poses a grave threat to health.

Blockchain-backed traceability systems could be used to authenticate drugs – paired with secure labels .

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To counteract tampering with labels, drug manufacturers may eventually embed security features like invisible labels in primary packaging. This second step effort is no different in principle from watermarking with which banks secure their bank notes, or how governments mark cigarette packets to fully capture excise taxes.Reinforcing the connection between the physical product and its digital twin is what will finally defeat vaccines counterfeiting criminals. Promoting the second step is where the pharma industry can step up to better support UNICEF’s timely initiative.

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:Vac-Check™ is an assay platform designed to work with many vaccine types, in addition to SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, the Vac-Check™ platform streamlines logistics and field deployment activities with vaccine manufacturers

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