Pharmaceuticals

Stop counterfeit medicines before they reach a patient

Counterfeit medicines aren't just an IP issue — they're a public health crisis. MarqVision finds the sellers keyword-based tools miss, including sellers hiding behind image-only listings, and removes them with 99.1% success.

1 in 10

The WHO estimates 1 in 10 medical products in low- and middle-income countries is substandard or falsified — missed treatment, disease progression, or worse for patients.

Pharma’s threat is more dangerous — and harder to find

Straight to the patient

The GLP-1 surge made it plain: sellers reach patients on social media, bypassing pharmacy checkpoints.

Hidden in the images

Listings are image-only — no captions, no keywords, no pharma account names. Keyword tools have nothing to match.

The epicenter is China

Counterfeit supply concentrates on Chinese platforms most Western tools don’t natively cover.

Misattributed adverse events

Counterfeit-driven adverse events and quality complaints land on you — the Market Authorization Holder.

Meet Marq AI

Start with the known. Expand the network. Find the hidden.

Counterfeit drug listings are mostly image-only — no captions, no keywords, no pharma-related account names. MarqAI starts from one known infringing profile, crawls its connections to related sellers, and reads every image with OCR and AI. Your products get flagged for enforcement; everything else becomes network intelligence.

Step 1 — Expand

Start with one known seller. Map the network.

Start with the illicit sellers you already know. MarqAI automatically maps their follower and friend networks, then extends the search further — following the network 10+ levels deep.

Step 2 — Identify

Search every account. Find the sellers hiding inside.

The network gives us the accounts to investigate. MarqAI analyzes the products, posts, and images associated with each account to identify counterfeit and illicit products — even when there are no useful keywords or captions.

Step 3 — Cover

Go where the epicenter is.

Much of the illicit supply ecosystem operates on Chinese social and commerce platforms. MarqAI provides native coverage across Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Pinduoduo, and 1688.

Step 4 — Act

From detection to enforcement.

Finding a seller is only the first step. MarqLaw takes cases offline: test purchases, investigations, raids, litigation, and customs training in China.

Why MarqVision

We find the sellers keyword tools miss, by reading images and following the network.

Sellers post drugs in image-only listings — no captions, no keywords, no account clues. We read the images with OCR and AI, then burrow through each network to surface the rest.

Seed

Start from one known infringing profile

Expand

Crawl its friends and connections to related sellers

Read

OCR + AI read the images -- no keywords needed

Classify

Flag listings of your products; log the rest as intel

Case study

Start with what you know. Find what you don't.

In a pilot with a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturer, MarqAI started from 134 seed accounts the customer already knew, then expanded the search 13 levels deep across the surrounding seller network.

~150
known accounts
13
levels of expansion
~75,000
accounts mapped
350+
priority sellers identified
79% of priority sellers were not in the customer's original seed list —they were discovered by following the network.

The Impact of MarqVision for Pharma Brands

99.1%

of infringements removed across 1,500+ platforms globally

5.3 hours

Fake sellers down in 5 hours (median takedown response time)

180X

on emerging channels.
Social commerce and live commerce

5-10%

of annual revenue recovered.
Typically within the first 12 months

“Before, we had to check sellers and products one by one. Now we can quickly identify the sellers or products we're looking for and review related issues and next steps all at once. Being able to prioritize and act has made a real difference to how efficiently we work.”

Byungju Kim
Manager at Jardin

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Counterfeit drugs, gray market diversion, and fake online pharmacies each demand a different playbook. See how MarqVision monitors your portfolio, uncovers hidden sellers, and takes action across all three.