The mandate requires that drug products carry a 2D data-matrix mark incorporating the 13-digit CIP13 code, batch number and expiration date. Packaging lines in France and Italy are currently ...

QuVa already uses linear barcodes on its labels, and the addition of the 2D data matrix will not only include the product number, but also lot number, expiration date, and serialization.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has tapped auto-ID solutions provider Zetes for data matrix coding at a production facility in Agen, France. BMS now has 25 coding machines integrated into existing packaging ...

Matrix Pharma Private Ltd has acquired Viatris’ active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) business for ₹1,445 crore, a transaction funded by Kotak Strategic Situations Fund II (KSSF II).

Kotak Alt invests ₹1,445 cr to fund Matrix Pharma’s buyout of Viatris' API biz The acquisition is expected to make Matrix Pharma the second largest Indian player in antiretroviral API space.

InterLatin installed the 2D data matrix vision-based system to minimize inspection reruns due to the large volume of PCBs and the challenges of reading a 2D matrix code at high speeds.

Local pharmaceutical industry players were urged to adopt 2D barcodes as a measure to fight the spread of counterfeit medicines.