OTC Serialization is now also a topic

Pharmaceutical companies specializing in the production of over-the-counter drugs (OTC) have not been affected by pharmaceutical serialization so far. This is now changing for companies that are also active on the Russian market. The serialization requirements in Russia are much more complex than those of the EU-FMD. The so-called EU Counterfeiting Directive has been in […]

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Crypto-Code and language barriers: Serialization in Russia and China

The implementation of EU-FMD  is not the only track&trace initiative to protect against counterfeit medicines. Many projects around the world are more or less based on similar standards but are all aimed at protecting patients and making supply chains counterfeit-proof. I.e. Russian Crypto-Codes and the serialization requirements in China. Russia and China are two countries […]

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Pilot phase of our new product: HX Secur – Data delivery for hospitals made easy

Several weeks have already passed since the FMD came into force. The implementation of the directive poses a major challenge, especially for hospital pharmacies. Nevertheless, a practicable solution has not yet been found. Logistics experts and manufacturers have recently been asked to offer special hospital deliveries. Now tracekey provides them a solution – HX Secur […]

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Brexit: Pharmaceutical industry particularly affected by No-Deal Brexit

The day of the Brexit – March 29 – is slowly approaching and there is still no regulated withdrawal insight. The pharmaceutical industry would be particularly affected by hard Brexit. Without regulated conditions and joint agreements, a complex situation would arise for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, which could even lead to supply bottlenecks. A […]

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Interim results: Eleven days after the FMD deadline, the mood is mixed, many countries are making a soft start

Eleven days after the deadline for the implementation of the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), the first interim results are rather mixed. Many pharmacies in the UK and France are not connected at all, and in Germany, they are demanding that the additional costs be borne. The mood in Europe is very mixed just two weeks […]

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Serialization-Countdown

The implementation of the FMD is now final. This is the summary of our serialization countdown with Pharma- and Serialization-Facts …30 days to go Half of the drugs sold in german pharmacies are prescription-only. …29 days The main counterfeit medicines are antibiotics, cancer drugs or cholesterol-lowering drugs. …28 days In 2017 sales of prescription-only drugs amounted in […]

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Stabilisation Period in Austria: Good Information Policy for Error Messages

Reports of suspected counterfeiting, which can be traced back to technical problems, do not only appear in the securPharm system. The Austrian system of the Austrian Medicines Verification Organisation (AMVO) therefore provides for a stabilization period of six months. There is also concern in Austria that after the start of the national system AMVS (Germay: […]

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