What are the causes of counterfeiting?
Technology to produce everything from labels to active pharmaceutical ingredients is now widely available. Globalization has made distribution channels easy targets for introducing counterfeit products. The Internet provides counterfeiters with ready access to consumers and markets. Regulations governing the drug distribution system do not provide a strong enough deterrent, in terms of enforcement and penalties, to discourage counterfeiters. Organized crime has become increasingly involved in counterfeiting as it becomes more profitable.
