In addition to internet-based measures, the agreement also seeks to curb trade of counterfeited physical goods.
The number of reports of counterfeited injectable biological drugs, such as Avastin, is still small.
But Mr. Andresen says they have been counterfeited only once, and the problem was identified and resolved.
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They found seven paintings and twenty-one drawings counterfeited by Malskat, including forgeries of Matisse, Degas, Chagall, and Beckmann.
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More sophisticated packaging and marking helps to alert unwitting consumers to counterfeited goods.
The first time FD 26 was counterfeited was only a few months after the original appeared, and it has been bootlegged many times since.
The coin also might be more easily counterfeited than the bill.
First, because commodity backed currencies (in this case gold) are basically tied to a finite resource that can not be counterfeited, a deflationary economic environment is created.
As a result, one thrust of the program will be to try to more quickly spot new trends in which drugs are being counterfeited, where the crime rings are based and where they are distributing fake medicines, Lechleiter said.
Neil Sweig, an analyst at Fulcrum Global Partners, who emphasizes that Viagra was still a "breakthrough product, " points out two other problems: Viagra is widely counterfeited, particularly outside the U.S., and the pill doesn't work for one in three men who try it.
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