Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Businesses use blockchain to take on trustlessness Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Chemistry World Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/08/18 Description Article by Andy Extance in the Royal Society of Chemistry's monthly newsletter Chemistry World, discussing the value of distributed ledger and smart contract technologies for improving the accountability of the global pharmaceutical supply chain. The article was inspired by new US regulations requiring the tracking of all packaged medicines to improve oversight and avoid counterfeiting, which conflict with antitrust laws preventing collaboration around a single platform. The pros and cons of blockchain are considered, as well as some of the new ways in which it could be deployed for public good, such as for tackling the opiod crisis. Interviewees include Claudia Pagliari from the University of Edinburgh, Stuart Corby, co-founder of digital verification platform Authentag, Markus Kraft from the University of Cambridge, Kim Pham - blockchain leader at IBM and Axel Schumacher from the genetic data sharing platform Shivom. Producer/Author Andy Extance Persons Claudia Pagliari
Keywords
- Blockchain
- Good Governance
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Medicines
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Digital Health
- Data Science
- Innovation
- Supply chain
- Ethics
- Public Health
- Opioid crisis
- Counterfeiting