Successful implementation of the Bulgarian Medicines Verification System
Following the 2011 European Union Falsified Medicines Directive, the Bulgarian Medicines Verification Organisation (BgMVO) projects all focused on patient safety.
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In Bulgaria, projects to follow the European Union’s (EU) Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) were a massive undertaking that spanned all stakeholders in the supply chain—manufacturers, wholesalers, hospitals and pharmacies.
GS1 standards, specifically a Global Trade Item Number® (GTIN®) encoded in GS1 DataMatrix barcode, would need to be applied to each and every prescribed pharmaceutical pack for scanning, from manufacturer to pharmacist when dispensing the medicine.
In addition to GS1 standards, the Bulgarian Medicines Verification System (BgMVS) was created and is connected to the European hub of the European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO). GTINs are uploaded by manufacturers to the European hub so that when pharmacies dispense medicines, the pack can be certified as an “authentic” medicine.
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