The Global Language of Business

Pharmaceutical serialisation and traceability system in Korea

Jeong-hwa Oh from the Korean Pharmaceutical Information Service (KPIS) presented the progress and status of the Pharmaceutical Serialisation and Traceability system in South Korea.

All drugs distributed in the Korean market are required to be uniquely identified and marked, using the GS1 global standards for AIDC. The implementation of these requirements has already resulted in many benefits to improve drug traceability and patient safety.

Jeong-hwa’s speech mentioned the future development of the “Safety check service” to ultimately enable patient verification.

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