Drug track and trace rules introduced in Saudi Arabia prompted a €300,000 ($326,078) investment in processing technology and software according to Sweden-based contractor Recipharm.
Industry efforts to comply with new US track and trace rules are accelerating, but concerns remain about the quality of symbols used to mark products according to GS1 US.
Nearly a month after India pushed back its deadline indefinitely for exporters to put bar codes on their primary packages, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has set a new deadline of April 2015.
With almost a week before Indian exporters would be required to put bar codes on their primary packages, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in India has pushed back the deadline indefinitely.
India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has pushed back the deadline again for adopting new barcodes to track pharmaceutical exports by one year.
Indian pharmaceutical exporters now need to apply barcodes on their secondary packages as part of an effort to increase safety and traceability, but some have avoided the requirements, experts say.
A magic bullet for the pharmaceutical supply chain has entered the
stage as radio frequency identification (RFID) technology attempts
to fix up its teething problems.
GS1, the global not-profit organisation, that designs and
implements barcode standards, has announced a global adoption date
of 1 January 2010 for a new bar code with Reduced Space Symbology
(RSS), which can store more data in half...
Optio Healthcare introduces a new RFID and labelling solution,
which allows healthcare facilities to generate thermal, barcode and
RFID labels that can be used to track pharmaceuticals, as well as
manage controlled substances, pathogens...
ForHealth Technologies has started production of its flagship
robotic intravenous drug compounding device through contract
manufacturer Delphi Medical Systems.
Applera has been awarded a broad US patent covering the use of
microdevices with built-in electronic memory that can be used for
storing and retrieving information about samples used in laboratory
experiments.
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a new rule that
makes it a requirement for most prescription and some
over-the-counter pharmaceutical products to carry bar codes. The
move is aimed at reducing the number of medication...
Bar code scanning systems, which scan medications and patient
identification bracelets at hospital bedsides to verify patients
are receiving the correct medications, were voted the top choice
for preventing medication errors in a...
