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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Barcode on pill strips

NEW DELHI: You could soon find out whether the drug you just bought from your pharmacy is original or counterfeit/spurious through a single SMS.

Drug Consultative Committee (DCC) -- in its last meeting on Febuary 15 -- has approved the proposal that for every strip of medicine available in India ought to have a 2D bar code and a unique randomly generated numeric code (UID).

Read more: Soon, bar code & unique no. on pill strips to check fakes - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Soon-bar-code-unique-no-on-pill-strips-to-check-fakes/articleshow/7529728.cms#ixzz1EZtDf0e2
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 11:53 PM

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