The counterfeit drug problem is a $320 billion market with over 1 million deaths per year. Amy Kao, co-founder and CMO of RxAll Inc., is on a mission to eliminate counterfeit drugs and ensure that every person has access to safe, quality medicine. Amy Kao is on a mission to eliminate counterfeit drugs and ensure that every person has access to safe, quality medicines. Born in the USA, she has lived abroad in Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong and is a first-hand witness to fake drugs in emerging markets. She now spends her time working both as a strategy management consultant – and heading up RxAll, a company she co-founded to combat counterfeit medicine using artificial intelligence and molecular spectroscopy.

The counterfeit drug problem is a $320 billion market with over 1 million deaths per year. Yet, there is currently little interest for developing countries in putting counterfeit medicine as an issue on the global agenda because the ecosystem that is needed to support such innovation is too great and the return on investment too little. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]

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