IT MUST CONTAIN THESE 11 DATA POINTS:

• Unique product identification code;
• Name of the API;
• Brand name (if any);
• Name and address of the manufacturer;
• Batch no.;
• Batch size;
• Date of manufacturing;
• Date of expiry or retesting;
• Serial shipping container code (SSCC);
• Manufacturing licence no. or import licence no.;
• Special storage conditions required (if any).

The QR code has been made mandatory for the top 300 widely used drug brands produced from August 1st 2023 — as part of the Centre’s ‘track and trace’ mechanism to check the sale of counterfeit and spurious medicines.

OUR SOLUTION: 

Powered by VerifyBrand™ our downstream serialization traceability software, OPTEL’s QR Code Verification solution enables customers to meet the regulation requirements.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare published guidelines for barcoding the Top 300 drug brands in order to combat counterfeiting, diversion, and unauthorized sales.

QR codes need to be printed on or affixed to the primary packaging (if there is no space on the primary package the codes could be placed on the secondary packaging).

OPTEL’s QR Code Verification solution enables accurate authentication of any product through a cloud platform. It allows customers to verify the authenticity of the scanned product.