TRACK-AND-TRACE-PHARMA

National pharma serialisation regulations.

Definition

Main countries: EU (FMD 2019), US (DSCSA 2024/2025), Turkey (ITS, world-first 2010), Brazil (SNCM 2022), Russia (FGIS 2020), India (DGFT export 2019), China (NMPA spec since 2020), UAE (Tatmeen 2024). Variations in central hub, barcode format, shared data.

Origin

Turkey ITS initiative 2010 (pioneer) ; GS1 Healthcare harmonisation from 2014.

Example in context

A pharma exporter from India receives a DGFT serial pool ; each box shipped to New York also carries US DSCSA + EU FMD compliant data.

Related terms

• US DSCSA — US case.