Traditionally food travelled direct from the producer to the consumers. Eggs directly from the chickens, milk from the cows, vegetables from the garden. This still happens in many rural areas and has become more common again within developed cultures through farm and speciality shops. The supply chain quickly becomes more complex. A miller grinds from […]
The DataMatrix barcode is no longer required on mainland UK pharmaceutical packs but is often still present on them and on other packaged goods. Serialogical’s development of our FMD solution has highlighted the obvious advantages of DataMatrix together with a few elements that could be improved from the FMD model. DataMatrix advantages: Easy to add […]
With the end of the transition period on 31st December 2020 the UK will leave the EU. Mainland UK then becomes a 3rd country, not part of the EU FMD system. End users such as pharmacists, hospitals and wholesalers and will no longer be able to verify or decommission FMD labelled medicines. Northern Ireland will […]
The European Medicines Verification released version of 1.8 of their live portal in October 2019. Amongst the new features is the ability to directly access a new security certificate. When an organisation such as a hospital, warehouse or pharmacy is first granted access to the FMD verification portal they are provided with an account user […]
All EU FMD pack codes include 4 compulsory elements, the Product Code, Serial Number, Batch and Expiry Date. The combination of these 4 elements uniquely identify a pack. SecurMed are ramping up for a 5th Element to be included within UK FMD codes. This is the Actual Medicinal Product Pack (AMPP) code. It fits into […]
The EU and UK FMD system is secured to ensure that only appropriate bodies are able to access the system. This ensures that any changing of a FMD pack’s status can only be made by those who have a right and a need to do so. Indeed without the necessary permission it is not possible […]
The Serialogical Software just like all the other FMD solutions serves to interpret the data read from pharmaceutical product packs, securely send that data to the NMVS and return a meaningful message to the end user. Hopefully that will be a confirmation that the product is genuine and that any related action such as dispensing […]
How the pharmacist can work with prescriptions in FMD The combination of serial number, product code, batch number and date is unique for each FMD labelled packet. This means that having access to one or more packets even within the same batch will not enable any other codes to be calculated. The concept of aggregation […]
Capturing FMD data matrix barcodes with a scanner As the FMD implementation deadline approaches verifiers and dispensers will need to consider how to capture the serialisation unique identifier codes. The codes may be read from the product package and typed in or a supplier could provide codes linked to a shipment as an electronic file. […]
The black market for NHS drugs One of the many problems facing the NHS today is the widespread distribution of prescription drugs outside the legal supply chain. One particular set of drugs falls under the umbrella term of Benzodiazepines, such as Diazepam (Valium) and Nitrazepam. Benzodiazepines are psychoactive drugs, often described as minor tranquilisers, and […]
