European Medicines Verification System establishes link with German repository system

23 July 2015

A link has been established between the European Medicines Verification System and the German repository system, marking the first successful implementation of a Hub connection with a member state.

This is part of the drive to secure the legitimate pharmaceutical supply chain against the risk of falsified medicines. The link between the European hub and the German repository system, managed by the stakeholder organization securPharm, was established on July 1. This means that pharmaceutical manufacturers will now be able to upload their serialized data onto the system.

About 700 million packages of prescription drugs per year will have to be printed with a so-called Data Matrix Code that includes an individual serial number, thereby rendering each package unique. Almost all production lines must be converted to include the new security features.

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