Improving Patient Safety and Supply Chain Efficiency using GS1 Standards
GS1 Egypt improves healthcare supply chain security, combats counterfeiting, and ensures patient safety by implementing GS1 standards, enhancing traceability, and connecting stakeholders for better visibility and efficiency.
Patient Safety
Regulatory Compliance
Supply Chain Visibility
Counterfeit Prevention
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Modernizing supply chain processes to improve patient care, reduce costs, and ensure compliance.
Implementing track-and-trace systems for drug authentication and MOH compliance.
Enabling accurate product identification and global traceability with GS1 Standards.
GS1 Egypt proudly supports over 2,170 companies in the healthcare sector, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device suppliers, and healthcare providers. Today, more than 85% of local pharmaceutical manufacturers are GS1 members, relying on global standards to ensure traceability, safety, and efficiency across the healthcare supply chain.
EIPICO, one of Egypt’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, has successfully implemented GS1 Standards to enhance supply chain security, regulatory compliance, and counterfeit drug prevention.
Implementing track-and-trace systems for drug authentication and MOH compliance.
Founded in 2001, Ibnsina Pharma has grown into one of Egypt’s leading pharmaceutical distribution companies, operating more than 55 branches nationwide. By adopting GS1 Standards for product coding, GLN for locations, and pharmaceutical traceability, the company has enhanced efficiency, ensured quality, and expanded its reach to deliver faster, broader, and more reliable services across Egypt
EPCIS, a GS1 standard, empowers organizations to share critical event data about product movements across the supply chain.
By answering key questions like “what, where, when, and why”, EPCIS enhances traceability, compliance, and consumer transparency in every step of the product journey.
Improved traceability
Enhanced data visibility
Seamless sharing of product information
Leading pharmaceutical companies like Abbott, GSK, Sanofi Pasteur, and Pfizer use GS1 Standards to enhance traceability, patient safety, and supply chain efficiency. A McKinsey report shows global adoption could save up to 43,000 lives and prevent 1.4 million disabilities annually.
