An acute scarcity of medicine to deal with signs of Covid-19 has led to elevated circulation of counterfeit medicines in current occasions, an organization assertion mentioned.
It added that there are experiences of faux antiviral medicines and spurious injectable immunosuppressants available in the market.
With rising demand for vaccines, there’s concern that faux vaccines may discover their approach into circulation.
Earlier this yr, the World Well being Organisation sounded an alarm over legal exploitation of an unmet international demand for Covid-19 vaccines.
Already, counterfeit vaccines have been detected in nations equivalent to Mexico and Poland.
The Honeywell resolution includes a digital code that’s embedded within the packaging of pharmaceutical merchandise.
The top person can validate the authenticity of the product by scanning the digital code with the assistance of a smartphone letting the tip person know it’s secure to make use of.
“The software program that validates the product’s authenticity by way of a database is accessible by way of a Honeywell app out there for obtain for iOS and Android customers and gathers market intelligence,” the assertion added.