Track & Trace

The SEiD Web-based platform links to package labeling to increase market access, product use, and health outcomes.

Have you ever worried about getting salmonella or E. coli poisoning from meat? Researchers at the University of Alberta are working on a new way to spot spoiled meat before it hits grocery-store shelves.

India has suddenly changed the serialisation requirements for exported drugs in a move that could wrong-foot drugmakers. An announcement from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) - which regulates drug exports in India - issued a public notice towards the end of last month that reverses its position on mono cartons containing strips, vials or bottles of pharmaceutical products.

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Counterfeit drugs are a danger to consumers. Safemedicines.org is the homepage of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, a coalition of patient, physician, pharmacist, academic, and industry groups that work together to educated the public about counterfeit drugs, pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines, and all other types of fakes and counterfeits. The site holds information on related issues like internet or online pharmacies which might sell counterfeit medication, drug diversion, gray market drugs, foreign online sellers, and legal ways to purchase cheap medicines and avoid getting counterfeit drugs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday delivered guidance on the new track-and-trace law that affects most of the pharmaceutical industry, outlining red flags that signal a product may be counterfeit or contaminated and describing how to alert regulators.

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Counterfeit pharmaceuticals pose a significant threat to the viability of the pharmaceutical industry and patient safety. As supply chains become more complex and multidimensional the challenge of tracking products through the supply chain increases. Pharmaceuticals consistently rank within the top 10 categories for counterfeit goods and the risk to products can vary from country to country.

When forensic investigators first started using sophisticated ballistics analysis to identify criminals, it was viewed as an incredible insight. Just a pattern of scratches on a hunk of half-destroyed metal could link a gun to a bullet — amazing!

Product traceability is essential not just for finished goods. It is crucial to identify as fast as possible if a product batch issue has occurred and to limit the damage it has on product stock and distribution. SAP Global Batch Traceability allows you to track and trace batch managed products from raw materials to finished products by creating a complete product batch genealogy. The batch genealogy is achieved by tracking batches and linking them together with business activities, such as purchase orders/production orders/deliveries, throughout the supply chain.