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New York biotech company deploys security robots

August 31, 2023

A New York biotech company will have one security robot assigned to a garage and six to watch over entrances, open areas and parking lots.

Bot attacks target pharmaceutical industry to steal prescriptions

Security Staff

August 8, 2022

Cyber actors have used credential stuffing bot attacks to obtain and then resell pharmacy account details, giving unauthorized individuals access to prescription drugs.

From the ER to the Executive Suite, Hospitals Tighten Up

From the ER to the C-Suite, Hospitals Tighten Up Security

Behavioral health, the pharmacy, the ER and the labor-and-delivery areas remain large areas of security focus for hospitals.

Ed Finkel

June 1, 2017

Hospitals are places for healing the sick and wounded, but unfortunately given their necessarily open nature they can be challenging environments to physically secure – potentially leading to additional medical emergencies.

Medication Tracking System Takes Aim at Counterfeit Drugs

January 28, 2014

A new medication tracking system is hoped to alleviate the gray market that thrives through diverting medications, as some hospitals and clinics (facing recent drug shortages) have turned to middle-men brokers. However, this increases the risk of counterfeit or unsafe drugs being administered to patients, FDA officials say. Counterfeit or altered medications can be diluted, inert or dangerous.

Finding Creative Ways to Mitigate Retail Theft Risks

As if the retail industry hasn’t suffered enough in recent years, growing in severity, number and type, retailers are reporting that organized retail crime (ORC) has become more troublesome than ever before.

October 1, 2013

As if the retail industry hasn’t suffered enough in recent years, growing in severity, number and type, retailers are reporting that organized retail crime (ORC) has become more troublesome than ever before.

Pharmaceutical Companies, Interpol Team Up to Fight Counterfeits

March 12, 2013

29 pharmaceutical companies are pledging money to help Interpol combat counterfeit or illegal drugs, sales of which total $430 billion a year.

NYPD to Track Drugs with GPS-Enabled Pill Bottles

January 15, 2013

Rising prescription drug theft, especially of painkillers, lead the NYPD to implement new tracking procedures that will hopefully lead them to citywide stash locations.

Solving the Eli Lilly Drug Theft

Diane Ritchey

July 1, 2012

It turned out be the largest theft of prescription drugs in United States history, as described by the authorities, and it was intricately orchestrated and meticulously executed. The late-night operation lasted five hours, with the thieves descending into an Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, Conn., cutting a hole in the roof of the warehouse and lowering themselves with ropes after compromising the alarm system. Over the next five hours, they used a forklift inside the warehouse to load the drugs into a tractor-trailer and made off with approximately $80 million worth of prescription drugs, which were loaded into a truck and eventually driven to Florida.