An analysis of the 6,424 incidents occurring in CY 2024 disclosed:

 

• Pharmaceuticals in every therapeutic category were targeted by criminals.

 

• 2,248 different medicines were involved in these incidents. This represented a nine percent decrease (9%) from CY 2023.

 

• As many as 158 different medicines were discovered in a single incident.

 

The categories most frequently targeted by individuals engaged in pharmaceutical counterfeiting were genito-urinary, central nervous system (CNS), and metabolism.

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