The paramount task in healthcare is to ensure patient safety. Key to this is the ability to improve the efficiency of all activities in the healthcare supply chain and make sure the right patient gets the right medicine at the right time, in the right dose and in the right place. Within the ever-evolving sphere of the Healthcare industry with its dynamics, innovations, technology, research etc., patient care continues to be at the centre of all these activities. To this effect, ideas to improve the efficiency the industry and patient care cannot be overemphasized.

Stakeholders in the healthcare industry want the assurance that they are getting access to safe and genuine medicines and medical devices as well as trusted information about these products. Manufacturers and suppliers want efficiency in supply chain processes while regulators wish to protect the supply chain from the influx of substandard and falsified medicines, medical devices and hospital consumables while ensuring industry compliance.

Objectives of other stakeholders may be access to information about where medicines are to achieve patient access while achieving the objectives of healthcare programs.

GS1 Standards optimize supply chain efficiency and interoperability in healthcare while also providing a platform for traceability to ensure patient safety and access to the right medicines. Our standards support pharmacovigilance activities.