Following years will bring a breakthrough in protection of pharmaceutical supply chain by modern technological tools against counterfeiting threats.
Today, more then ever, patients are allowed to get different medicines using various channels, including Internet. Therefore it is necessary to provide patients with tools that enable immediate verification of authenticity of the medicines they are using.
Protection of legitimate supply chain against counterfeiting is already mandatory by legislations around the world.However, more can be done.
This application will enable manufacturers to provide patients with a simple tool allowing immediate authenticity check of their products, give them proper and precise information about products and ways how to properly use them, and in case of any unwanted event such as product recall to immediately inform them directly on their smartphones. Also, patients will be able to communicate directly from their smartphones with manufacturers in case of any uncertainty or suggestion related to products they use.