Anti-counterfeit Technologies for Pharmaceutical Packaging

Abstract In a pharmaceutical company, the packaging is a labour-intensive, all-encompassing process that involves several functions, from product confinement to protection to delivery. Thus, the importance of packaging in the marketplace cannot be understated. The purpose of packaging is to protect and preserve goods while providing consumers with market information and legal information. A few years ago, the pharmaceutical packaging industry focused on maintaining the standard and quality of the enclosed product. Today, however, that focus has shifted to include the product's stability, shelf life, and convenience as well as protection against product tampering and counterfeiting and assurance of its safety. Hence, future product design will have a calming effect on people; thus, the packaging should match the characteristics. Industries are on the verge of amazing developments in this area to increase patient adherence to prescription regimens since the packaging industries are on the route to inventing newer and more sophisticated approaches. Key words: counterfeiting, tampering, product design, packaging science, packaging industries