Serialisation in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Around the world around 10% of drugs are affected by counterfeit products - in developing countries even up to 30%.To increase security in the regular supply chain, the EU issues additional requirements for security measures. Since February 2019, prescription-only medicinal products with tamper-evident protection have been labeled with a seal label (tamper-evident labeling).The patient receives the medication only after the medication has been checked for authenticity by a scan in the pharmacy. The pharmacist checks an identification code for every drug.Medicines are marked with individual serial numbers that are stored in a protected database. The system sounds an alarm if a number that has already been scanned or an unknown number is found.