Tom Kubic, President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI) and PSM board member, presents an overview of global activity in the counterfeiting of prescription medicines in 2013.

1. Sept 18, 2014
Global Trends
Situation Report 2013
© 2014 Pharmaceutical Security Institute

2. Expanded data collection
• 11,207 reports received in 2013
• 7,844 reports received in 2012
• increase in reports
+43%

3. Unique Incidents
• From 11,207 reports to 2,193 new incidents
• Highest annual total of new incidents ever
documented
• First substantial increase in five years
+8.7%

4. Illegal Diversion Incidents
• Illegal diversion
406 +79
• Greater attention
than ever before
Turkey – December 2013

5. Trend Number 1
In 2013, we saw:
● the highest ever total number of unique
incidents
● the highest ever total number of illegal
diversion incidents.

6. Global Seizures

7. Global Seizures
142 Open source reports
38 Countries
351 Tons
859,486,586 Tablets
$757,127,405 Value

8. Seized medicines analysis
• 1,156 incidents of seizures or raids disclosed
• 526 of the seizures were commercial size
• 46% commercial size versus 40% in 2012
• In 2013, 317 versus 523 different medicines
were found

9. Trend Number 2
We witnessed that:
“counterfeiters returned to sending their products
in larger shipments”
“they reduced the number of different medicines,
and appear to have begun concentrating their
efforts on a much more limited product mix.”

10. Global Arrest Situation

11. Trend Number 3
• 1,460 arrests made
• 18% increase over 2012
• 151% increase in arrests for manufacturing
• Three year downward trend in arrest reversed