Turkey’s Track-and-Trace System May Offer Example for U.S., EU

As developed countries like the U.S. and EU look to combat counterfeit medicines, they may want to consider Turkey’s track-and-trace system, which in a little more than two years has helped pull more than 140 million illicit drug packages from the country’s market. Implemented in January 2010, the Turkish system requires a two-dimensional data matrix code on all finished drug packages.
International Pharmaceutical Regulatory Monitor