Novartis

Novartis Position on Falsified Medical Products
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines 'falsified' medical products as those
that deliberately and fraudulently misrepresent their identity, composition or source.
Four specific types of falsification of medical products can be distinguished:
counterfeiting, tampering, theft and illegal diversion. The Pharmaceutical Security
Institute reported a 10% increase in pharmaceutical crime incidents worldwide in
2022 – the highest number of...