GS1 Healthcare Membership

Voting members

GS1 Healthcare welcomes the following stakeholders as voting members: pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, group purchasing organisations, hospitals, pharmacies, and logistics providers.

Non-voting members

Organisations with a keen interest in standards development and patient safety may support GS1 Healthcare by participating in the Work Teams. Non-voting members are eligible to become members of GS1 Healthcare Work Teams, attend GS1 Healthcare events, and have full access to documentation and work results. Associations, regulatory bodies, educational institutes and other standards bodies can be non-voting members with no voting privileges.

Join GS1 Healthcare

To join the global Healthcare user group:

For more information, contact Ulrike Kreysa at ulrike.kreysa@gs1.org

To join a local Healthcare user group, please contact your local GS1 Member Organisation.

Current voting members

  • 3M
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Alcon Labs
  • Amgen
  • AstraZeneca
  • Baxter
  • B. Braun
  • Boston Scientific
  • Cardinal Health
  • CH Aulnay sous Bois
  • Comparatio Health
  • Cook
  • Covidien 
  • DHL Exel Supply Chain
  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • Erasmus MC Hospital Rotterdam
  • GCS UNIHA (representing 17 French University hospitals)
  • GE Healthcare
  • Geneva University Hospitals
  • Genzyme
  • Glaxo Smith Kline
  • Hong Kong Hospital Authorities
  • Implanet
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • King Pharmaceutical
  • McKesson
  • Medtronic, Inc.
  • Novartis Pharma AG
  • Novation
  • Orthopädisches Spital Speising GmbH, Wien
  • Pall Medical
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Premier Inc
  • Purdue Pharma
  • Sakura Seiki
  • Schering Plough
  • Smiths Medical
  • Stiftung katholisches Krankenhaus Marienhospital Herne
  • St James' Hospital (Dublin)
  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
  • USC Health Sciences
  • Waldo County General Hospital
  • Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund

Non-voting members

  • Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM)
  • Cladimed
  • Eucomed
  • European Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (GIRP)
  • European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (Council of Europe)
  • Instituto Brasileiro de Ética Concorrencial – ETCO
  • LIF - The Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry AB
  • Ministry Health Care
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Research Based Medical Technology Manufacturers Association (ARTED)
  • United States Department of Defense (US DOD)
  • United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA)

Participating organisations worldwide

Many supply chain stakeholders participate in GS1 Healthcare activities at a global or local level

  • Manufacturers
    • 3M
    • Abbott Laboratories
    • Aesculap/B.Braun
    • Alcon Laboratories
    • Allergan Inc.
    • Amgen
    • AstraZeneca
    • Baxter Healthcare Corp.
    • B.Braun
    • Becton Dickinson & Co.
    • Behring
    • Boehringer Ingelheim
    • Boston Scientific
    • Bristol Myers Squibb
    • Cephalon
    • Cook
    • Covidien
    • Edwards Lifescience
    • Glaxo Smith Kline
    • Hospira
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Kimberly-Clark
    • King Pharmaceuticals
    • Leiner Health Products Inc.
    • Masikap Pharma
    • McKesson
    • Medtronic
    • Mercadona
    • Merck && Co.
    • Merck Germany
    • Metarights, Ltd.
    • Nestlé
    • Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    • Olympus Medical Systems
    • Owens-Illinois General Inc
    • Pall Medical
    • Pfizer Inc.
    • Purdue Pharma
    • Roche Diagnostics
    • Sakura Seiki Co., Ltd
    • Sanofi Aventis
    • Schering-Plough
    • Smiths Medical
    • St. Jude
    • Terumo
    • Wyeth
  • Wholesaler/Distribution
    • Cardinal Health
    • Celesio
    • CERP
    • Consorta
    • Grupo Cofares
    • Farmintesa-Secof
    • McKesson
    • Pharmdata
    • Phoenix
  • Hospitals/GPO
    • Comparatio University Hospital Group
    • Marienhospital Herne
    • Consorta
    • Novation
    • Premier
    • University Hospital of Dijon
    • University Hospital of Lyon
    • And further 15 French university hospitals
    • University Hospital of Leeds
    • University Hospital of Geneva
    • Chelsea & Westminster NHS Hospital, London
    • Tokyo Medical University
    • Mount Sinai Medical Center
    • Mayo Clinic
    • Vinzenz Gruppe
  • Transport & Logistics
    • Exel
    • Aexxdis
  • Retail
    • Wal*Mart
    • Sobeys Pharmacy Group
  • Assocations
    • AdvaMed (US Association of Medical Device Manufacturers)
    • ANA – American Nurse Association
    • EGA (European Generic Medicines Association)
    • Eucomed (European Associations of Medical Device Manufacturers and National Associations)
    • GIRP (European Association of Full-line Wholesalers)
    • IHF (International Hospital Federation)
  • Regulatory Bodies
    • PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada)
    • FDA: US Food & Drug Administration
    • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Ministry of Health UK
    • NEHTA, Australia
    • Ministry of Health Serbia
    • Ministry of Health Japan
  • Solution Providers
    • Accenture
    • Acer Cybercenter Service Inc.
    • Acsis
    • Aegate Ltd
    • Alien Technology
    • Allixon Co., Ltd
    • Applied Wireless
    • Avery Dennison
    • Axway
    • BEA Systems
    • Bejiing Futianda Technology
    • British Telecom
    • CapGemini
    • Cognizant Technology Solutions
    • Confidex Ltd
    • Dai Nippon Printing
    • Deloitte
    • Denso Wave Inc.
    • Domino UK Ltd
    • FedEx
    • France Telecom
    • Franwell, Inc.
    • Fujitsu Ltd
    • GlobeRanger
    • Goliath Solutions
    • Hewlett-Packard
    • High Tech Aid
    • Hubspan, Inc.
    • IBM
    • Icare Research Institute
    • IdentiTRAK
    • Impinj
    • Industrial Fingerprinting Solutions
    • Infosys Technologies Ltd
    • Infratab
    • Microelectronics Technology
    • Motorola Inc.
    • NEC Corp.
    • NTT
    • Oracle Corp.
    • Polaris Networks
    • Pretide Technology, Inc.
    • Q.E.D. Systems
    • RFXCEL Corp.
    • SAP
    • SATO
    • Sensitech
    • Shipcom Wireless
    • Spacecode S.A.
    • Stora Enso
    • SupplyScape
    • T3C Inc.
    • Tagent Corp.
    • Texas Instruments
    • Tibco
    • Unisys
    • UPM Raflatac
    • VeriSign
    • Zebra Technologies
  • Universities – Auto-ID Labs
    • MIT (US)
    • Cambridge (UK)
    • St Gallen (Switzerland)
    • ICU (Korea)
    • Fudan (China)
    • Adelaide (Australia)
    • Keio (Japan)