1 in 10
medical products in low- and middle-income countries is estimated to be substandard or falsified.
Source · WHO, 2017NewPV-1 field scanner now in pilot across West AfricaKnow every medicine
Know every medicine
is real. In seconds.
FiaGuard pairs a pocket-sized spectrometer with on-device computer vision to verify a medicine's packaging and chemical composition at the point of care, offline, in under ten seconds, with a cryptographically signed result.
- < 10s
- Scan to verdict
- Offline
- No signal needed
- Signed
- Tamper-evident log
Built to align with WHO GSMS reporting and NAFDAC pharmacovigilance workflows.
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Amoxicillin 500 mg
AMX-24-0917 · exp 03/27
NIR 900–1700 nmr = 0.994
- Packaging match99.2%
- Chemical fingerprint99.4%
- Registry & serialValid
ed25519 · 7f3a…c91e · 8.1s
The trust gap
A pharmacist can't see what's inside a blister pack.
Falsified medicines are engineered to pass a visual inspection. Laboratory testing is accurate but slow, centralised and expensive, so most packs are dispensed without ever being checked.
42%
of all substandard and falsified product reports to WHO's global surveillance system (2013–2017) came from the African region.
Source · WHO GSMS, 2017267,000
deaths a year in sub-Saharan Africa may be linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines.
Source · UNODC, 2023$30.5B
estimated annual spend on substandard and falsified medical products across low- and middle-income countries.
Source · WHO, 2017How it works
Two independent checks. One verdict you can defend.
Packaging can be copied. Chemistry can be faked to pass a single test. FiaGuard requires both the optical and the chemical signature to match before a pack is cleared.
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Capabilities
Engineered for the last mile, accountable to the first.
Built for a dispensary in Kano with no signal and a regulator in Abuja who needs evidence that will stand up in court.
Offline-first, by design
The full reference library and both models run on the device. Verification never waits for a network. Results sync opportunistically over 2G, Wi-Fi or USB.
Scan
Local
Match
Local
Sign
Local
Sync
When available
Under ten seconds
Fast enough to check every pack at the counter, not a sample once a quarter.
8.4s
median, scan → signed verdict
Tamper-evident audit log
Every verdict is hash-chained and signed by a hardware key. Alter one record and the chain breaks.
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Regulator-ready reporting
One tap files a structured incident report with photos, spectra, GPS and chain of custody in WHO GSMS-compatible format.
Network-wide signal
A counterfeit detected in Onitsha alerts every connected distributor carrying that batch within minutes of sync.
Fleet management
Provision devices, assign operators, push library updates and monitor calibration across thousands of sites from one console.
Integrates with what you run
REST API and webhooks for SAP, Odoo, Sage and national track-and-trace systems. Block a batch in your WMS the moment it fails.
Impact
Measured where medicines change hands.
Performance figures from controlled validation and field pilots. Every number is backed by a signed record you can audit.
- Median time to verdict
- 8.4s
- Scan to signed result, on device
- Detection sensitivity
- 99.1%
- Controlled validation set, n = 4,200
- Reference fingerprints
- 2,400+
- Essential-medicines formulary coverage
- Connectivity required
- 0 bars
- Full verification works offline
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“We used to send samples to a lab and wait three weeks. Now the answer arrives before the delivery van leaves the dock.”
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Partners
One verification layer for the whole supply chain.
Integrity is only as strong as the weakest handover. FiaGuard gives every node, from the port to the patient, the same source of truth.
Regulators & Ministries of Health
National dashboards, field-inspection kits and post-market surveillance data in a format your pharmacovigilance team already uses.
Manufacturers & Importers
Register reference fingerprints for your SKUs and receive alerts when a lookalike appears anywhere in the network.
Distributors & Wholesalers
Verify inbound consignments at the dock before they enter inventory. Every result is tied to a batch, a device and an operator.
Hospitals & Pharmacies
Check any pack at the dispensing counter in seconds: no lab, no specialist, no signal required.
Security & compliance
Built for the standards your regulator holds you to.
FiaGuard is designed with ministries, regulators and quality teams, not around them. Our controls are documented and our evidence is exportable.
WHO GSMS
Incident reporting format
NAFDAC
Pharmacovigilance workflow alignment
AMA / AMRH
African Medicines Agency harmonisation
NDPA 2023
Nigeria Data Protection Act
ISO/IEC 27001
Certification in progress
GS1
Barcode & serialisation standards
In-country data residency
Deploy in-region or on government infrastructure. Patient-adjacent data never leaves the jurisdiction you choose.
Encryption end to end
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, and per-device keys held in a hardware secure element.
Signed, immutable evidence
Each verdict carries an Ed25519 signature and a hash link to the record before it, so evidence survives scrutiny.
Enterprise access control
SAML SSO, role-based permissions and full operator attribution on every scan and configuration change.
Pricing
Start with a pilot. Scale to a nation.
Hardware, software, reference library and support in one agreement. No per-scan fees, so nobody hesitates to check a pack.
Pilot
Prove it in your network
90 days
fixed-scope programme
- Up to 25 scanners and operator licences
- Onboarding and on-site training
- Custom fingerprint library for priority SKUs
- Weekly results review with our team
Network
For distributors and hospital groups
Per device
billed annually
- Unlimited verifications per device
- Fleet management and audit console
- ERP and WMS integrations via REST API
- Priority support with a 4-hour SLA
Sovereign
For national and regional programmes
Custom
multi-year agreement
- In-country data residency
- Regulator surveillance dashboards
- Integration with national track-and-trace
- Dedicated deployment and field team