Product Counterfeiting: How Fakes are Undermining U.S. Jobs, Innovation, and Consumer Safety : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 25, 2005

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Page 22 - ingenuity and resourcefulness that unlawful enterprises utilize to manufacture and distribute ineffective and often unsafe counterfeit products. I have also witnessed the hardship and misery counterfeit medicines bring to patients and their families. There can be no doubt that drug counterfeiters present a severe and growing threat to the health and safety of US citizens.
Page 22 - ("Novartis"). Prior to joining Novartis, I spent 20 years with the United States Secret Service, the last five as a Special Agent in Charge. While in Government service, one of my duties was to suppress the international counterfeiting of US currency. At Novartis, for the last 16 years, one of my responsibilities
Page 22 - They can also make and stamp tablets with company logos and put them in special packaging such as blister packs. We have scores of examples of counterfeit, expired, and adulterated medicines. In one case, our anti-counterfeiting efforts
Page 23 - Novartis and other pharmaceutical companies participated in a raid with authorities in Shantou that resulted in the seizure of over 1800 cartons of counterfeit pharmaceutical products from 14 multinational companies.
Page 22 - one of my responsibilities is to oversee the company's worldwide anti-counterfeiting operations. In the past several years, Novartis has participated with law enforcement and health authorities in over 200 counterfeiting investigations in 33 countries
Page 22 - products must have every confidence that the drugs are safe and effective. Counterfeit drugs are "fake" medicines, produced and packaged to look like the genuine article. They include products containing correct ingredients,
Page 22 - my name is James Christian and I am Vice President and Head of Global Corporate Security for Novartis International AG
Page 22 - warehouses, often under horrific conditions. Counterfeiters are able to produce labels that are virtually indistinguishable from the
Page 19 - my name is James Christian and I am Vice President and Head of Global
Page 35 - US Chamber of Commerce (USCC); US Council for International Business (USCIB); and Vision Council of America (VGA). CORPORATIONS Altria Corporate Services, Inc.; Altria Group, Inc.; American Standard Inc.; Amgen Inc.; AOL Time-Warner; Aspen Systems Corporation; Baker & McKenzie; BellSouth Corporation; British American Tobacco; C&M International, LTD; Dayco Products, LLC; deKieffer &

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