Blockchain Applications to combat the global trade of falsified drugs

摘要

The globalization of the pharmaceutical supply chain has lead to new challenges, the leading position among them is the fight against falsified and substandard pharmaceutical products. Such kind of products causes ineffective or harmful therapies all over the world. Traditional centralized technical tools can hardly satisfy the requirements of the changing industry. In this paper, we research the application of Blockchain solutions to modernize the drug supply chain and minimize the amount of the poor-quality medications.