Zuellig Pharma–the Singapore-based pharmaceutical company and Asia’s leading healthcare services provider–recently announced their development of a blockchain-based tech solution that monitors proper administration of COVID-19 vaccines.
The eZTracker system verifies the provenance and authenticity of COVID-19 vaccines through the mobile phone app. This system is made for vaccine distributors and storage service providers who are the clients of Zuellig Pharma.
The vaccine authenticity tracker uses SAP blockchain to improve the overall supply chain by capturing, tracking, and tracing multiple data points. SAP blockchain enables end-to-end tracking and reporting of multiple business processes and objects.
According to the eZTracker official website, “The eZTracker is a mobile app that leverages blockchain technology to determine if your product is authorised to be distributed in your location. Simply scan the QR code on the packaging to instantly verify if your product comes from an authorised distributor.”
Upon scanning the QR code, the app authenticates every scan against this information on the blockchain, which covers the entire supply chain including the supplier, manufacturer, distributor, and healthcare provider.
The government of Malaysia is also leveraging a similar blockchain tech to prevent fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine certifications, which is called MySejahtera system. certificates to be copied or duplicated.
Blockchain tech–which is also being used in support of the crypto sector–is a type of shared database that distributes and stores data in a digital format among the nodes of a computer network. It is a decentralised network, indestructible, and unalterable in nature.
