Article: Combating Counterfeit Medicines: Siemens Starts Joint Pilot Medicines Coding Project with EFPIA in Sweden.

This incidence of counterfeit prescription medicines in Europe's traditional supply chain is growing. This is why EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) has launched a pilot project that includes the testing of a coding and identification solution in Sweden. Siemens IT Solutions and Services is supplying the information and communications technology (ICT). This solution enables counterfeit products to be reliably identified at all times and monitors the progress of medicines throughout the complete supply chain. The project is being carried out in partnership with the retail pharmacy chain Apoteket AB and local wholesalers Tamro and KD ...

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