QR codes could be used to check if medicines are fake

Round 300 high promoting medication should print QR codes on the ‘main’ packaging labels in accordnace with the federal government’s plans of launching ‘monitor and hint’ mechanism, a Instances of India report cited sources as saying.

Well-liked medicines like antibiotics, pain-relief tablets, cardiac and anti-allergics will come underneath the ambit of the brand new mechanism.

The transfer has been prompted by the surfeit of counterfeit medicines available in the market and to examine the menace the federal government desires drug firms to print these QR codes on packaging.

About 10% medical merchandise in low- and middle-income nations are substandard or falsified, although these may very well be present in each area of the world, the Instances of India report quoted from World Well being Group statistics.

“The implementation of the system will enhance prices by 3-4%,” the report added an business participant as saying.