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Using Blockchain for Traceability in the Drug Supply Chain

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Knowledge Management in Organizations (KMO 2019)

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The illegal trade of medication is a problem which has claimed lives all over the world. In spite of the efforts from different international institutions aiming to stop this situation, illegal sales continue to grow. The following article proposes the use of Blockchain technology as a solution to the traceability problems and lack of control in the drug trade, as well as the way different entities would participate in it.

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  1. Francisco José de Caldas District University, Bogotá, Colombia

    Jennifer Cristina Molina, Daniela Torres Delgado & Giovanni Tarazona

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  1. University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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  2. National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    I-Hsien Ting

  3. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan Manuel Corchado

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Molina, J.C., Delgado, D.T., Tarazona, G. (2019). Using Blockchain for Traceability in the Drug Supply Chain. In: Uden, L., Ting, IH., Corchado, J. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organizations. KMO 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1027. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21451-7_46

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