Falsified Medicines Directive – automated scanning of medicine packaging

On February 9, 2016, the European directive `Falsified Medicines Directive (Directive 2011/62/EU)` was published by the European Union.

This regulation should prevent counterfeit medicines from reaching the patient any longer by means of a safety feature (DataMatrix coding) on the packaging. The pharmaceutical market had until 9 February 2019 to fully comply with this new legislation.

For chain parties such as importers, wholesalers and pharmacies this means an increase in registration activities, because every package throughout the chain must be scanned and “reported” in the database set up for this purpose by the European Union. Where many parties have started with hand scanner-based registration, this appears to be practically unfeasible in many cases due to volume and time pressure.

Quadrupole specializes in optimizing registration processes with the aim of saving time, reducing errors and increasing productivity. We often fill in such issues by means of automatically working scanning gates or tunnels in combination with transport systems.

In order to also be able to use the advantage of automated scanning for the Falsified Medicines Directive, Vierpool has developed a portal that automatically scans the packaging placed in an opened box or “tote” in one go. Advantages of this portal solution are increased productivity and error reduction (no missed or double registrations).

For additional information about the most suitable implementation within your process, please contact our Sales department. Tel: 0346-594 555.