Pharmexcil urges govt to adopt 1D barcodes on pharma packaging

The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) recently made a representation to the Commerce Ministry urging them to consider adopting 1D barcodes on pharma packaging instead of 2D barcodes for all exports of pharmaceutical products from the country. The suggestions were submitted to the government based on the expert recommendations made by the Committee of Administration (CoA), after deliberation and discussion with all the stakeholders from across the country. Interestingly, the trace and track technology which was adopted by the government to address the issues and apprehensions about the export of spurious drugs from India, was made compulsory for tertiary level packaging from October 1 last year.