Dr Claudia Pagliari comments on blockchain, punk rock and the pharmaceutical supply chain

  • Claudia Pagliari

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

Contribution to an 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 tracking the global medicines trade. Dr Pagliari discusses dimensions and diemmas of trust, accountability and good governance and highlights the potential of blockchain to address societal problems such as the opioid crisis, through improving transparency and accountability in the pharmaceutical supply chain.  

Period14 Aug 2018

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleBusinesses use blockchain to take on trustlessness
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletChemistry World
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date14/08/18
    DescriptionArticle 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/AuthorAndy Extance
    PersonsClaudia Pagliari

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Good Governance
  • Transparency
  • Accountability
  • Medicines
  • Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Digital Health
  • Data Science
  • Innovation
  • Supply chain
  • Ethics
  • Public Health
  • Opioid crisis
  • Counterfeiting