A Guide To Pharmaceutical Serialization: Choosing The Right Equipment Supplier

In the light that the world is facing a persistent and increasing threat from counterfeit, misbranded, adulterated, or diverted prescription drugs, government leaders, politicians and executives from major pharmaceutical providers are driving efforts to develop methods to reliably track and trace prescription drugs.

Based on this growing threat, many countries have started to address vulnerabilities in the supply chain by enacting legislation which, among other things, requires a comprehensive system, most often referred to as serialization or in the United States as e-Pedigree (electronic pedigree).

This growing movement towards utilizing serialization to track drugs will inevitably lead to companies found to be receiving or sending unserialized drug shipments opening themselves up to fines, orders to discontinue operations or even criminal investigation.