아시아 태평양 제약 대기업 Zuellig Pharma SAP의 블록체인 플랫폼을 사용하여 소비자가 의약품 원산지를 식별할 수 있도록 지원합니다. 개발도상국에서 사용되는 의약품 1개 중 10개는 가짜로 간주되어 환자에게 위험을 초래할 수 있는 위조 의약품을 근절해야 할 필요성이 절실합니다.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), counterfeit drugs, while seemingly identical to the real thing, often “fail to properly treat the disease or condition for which they were intended, and can lead to serious health consequences, including death”.
However, cracking down on counterfeit drugs can be quite time-consuming. At Zuellig Pharma, a regional pharmaceutical giant in the Asia-Pacific region, state how it could take weeks to do so, as it needs to gather data from different parties across its supply chain. This is where the blockchain technology comes in to play. Zuellig Pharma has recently developed the ‘eZTracker’ smartphone app, powered by SAP’s blockchain platform, that lets consumers verify the authenticity of a drug and if it has been legitimately distributed by scanning a barcode.
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