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More and more countries require serialization of medication package units. That is why life science companies have to upgrade their packaging lines –and therefore deal with a lot of challenges.

Serialization as part of the battle on counterfeit drugs and supply chain security has been established in various ways over the last decade – at different levels of success for the industry investing in such measures. With legislation becoming effective in an increasing number of countries and multinational companies looking for universal ways of coding their individual products around the world, item level serialization is now ready for a next stepSerialization as part of the battle on counterfeit drugs and supply chain security has been established in various ways over the last decade – at different levels of success for the industry investing in such measures. With legislation becoming effective in an increasing number of countries and multinational companies looking for universal ways of coding their individual products around the world, item level serialization is now ready for a next step.

The presentation shows the current situation in the market, both from a regulatory perspective as from the end-user side. It demonstrates the challenges and pitfalls when taking serialization to the next level and presents possible ways of dealing with those challenges.