Blockchain pilot program aims to reform US drug supply chain

13 June 2019

Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) is to participate in a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pilot program that uses blockchain technology to improve the way medicines are identified, tracked and traced within the USA.

The New Jersey-based drugmaker will take part in the program, together with IBM, KPMG, and Walmart, in support of 2013 legislation, the US Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

The program is intended to help drug supply chain stakeholders, including the FDA, in developing the required infrastructure to implement the law.

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