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Two-dimensional bar code technology would be used to control the path of drugs from the factory to the consumer
Drugs seized by ANVISA in Brasilia
Givaldo BARBOSA/31-03-2011
The National Agency for Sanitary Vigilance announced, on Wednesday, a proposal to track the path of drugs in order to avoid counterfeits. The idea is to create the agency of the National Drug Control for monitoring from production to prescribing a medication to patients.
The project will be subject to public consultation for 30 days before becoming a national standard. The period of adjustment of industry would be six months, retail sales, a year ago.
To have this control, Anvisa adopt the two-dimensional barcode, the Datamatrix. The Unique Identifier Drug (IUM), a kind of "RG" of each drug would contain 13 digits, plus the serial number, expiration date and lot number. The responsibility for generating these data would industry.
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