Why Are U.S. Pharma Companies Using Coding and Marking Systems?
The U.S. is one of the largest producers of pharmaceutical products and also the country with among the most-stringent regulations implemented on this industry. As per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in 2019, the country was home to 28% of all the factories in the world producing active pharmaceutical ingredients. The FDA strictly regulates the research and development (R&D), production, clinical trials, marketing, and sale of pharmaceutical products. Companies are mandated to provide all the essential details of the drugs, including their key ingredients, manufacturing and expiry dates, batch number, and manufacturer information, on the packaging. Therefore, the U.S. coding and marking systems market has a bright future ahead, as per P&S Intelligence, as all the details on pharmaceutical packaging are printed by these machines. Similarly, the country is also home to a huge food and beverage industry, which is another major user of these machines. Coding and marking sy...