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Barcode Assessment Study Reveals Progress Addressing DSCSA Requirements

GS1 US Barcode Assessment Shows 74% of scanned barcodes meet serialization requirements.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

A new Barcode Assessment study conducted by AmerisourceBergen Corporation, McKesson Pharmaceutical and Cardinal Health, in collaboration with GS1 US, revealed that 74.3% of pharmaceutical barcodes scanned in the wholesalers’ facilities meet the 2013 Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) serialization requirements—up 54% year-over-year as compared to the same study conducted in 2018. Details of the Barcode Assessment study are published in a new GS1 US report, “2019 Update: Barcode Readability f...

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