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Blockchain Technology in Pharmaceutical Industry to Prevent Counterfeit Drugs

by Ijazul Haq, Olivier Muselemu Esuka
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 180 - Number 25
Year of Publication: 2018
Authors: Ijazul Haq, Olivier Muselemu Esuka
10.5120/ijca2018916579

Ijazul Haq, Olivier Muselemu Esuka . Blockchain Technology in Pharmaceutical Industry to Prevent Counterfeit Drugs. International Journal of Computer Applications. 180, 25 ( Mar 2018), 8-12. DOI=10.5120/ijca2018916579

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author = { Ijazul Haq, Olivier Muselemu Esuka },
title = { Blockchain Technology in Pharmaceutical Industry to Prevent Counterfeit Drugs },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Mar 2018 },
volume = { 180 },
number = { 25 },
month = { Mar },
year = { 2018 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 8-12 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume180/number25/29110-2018916579/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2018916579 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Olivier Muselemu Esuka
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%J International Journal of Computer Applications
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%V 180
%N 25
%P 8-12
%D 2018
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The production and distribution of counterfeit drugs is an urgent and increasingly critical worldwide issue, especially in developing countries. The market value of pharmaceutical counterfeiting has reached billions of dollars annually. One of the reasons for drugs counterfeiting is the imperfect supply chain system in pharmaceutical industry. Drugs change ownership from manufacturers to wholesaler, distributer and then pharmacist before it reach the customer. In current supply chain system, information is not shared between systems, manufacturers don’t know what happened to their products, drugs regulatory authority has no visibility of the system, recalls are complicated and costly, and companies cannot follow-up patients. In this paper we explain how to use blockchain technology in pharmaceutical supply chain to add traceability, visibility and security to the drugs supply system. The proposed system will be used in pharmaceutical industry to track the drugs from its manufacturing until its delivery to patient. After the usage of a drug, its effect on patient will be recorded to a database for future statistics. A permissioned blockchain will be used for storing transactions and only trusted parties will be allowed to join the network and push data to blockchain.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Blockchain Information Security Counterfeiting Pharmaceutical Supply Chain.

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