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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-statistics-and-management-systems</journal-id>
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        <journal-title> Journal of Statistics and Management Systems</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0014</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0510</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JSMS-1266</article-id>
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        <article-title>Blockchain technology in pharmaceutical supply chain : Ensuring transparency, traceability, and security</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Shete</surname>
            <given-names>A. S.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Pharmaceutics, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Krishna Institute of Pharmacy, Karad, Maharashtra, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Bhutada</surname>
            <given-names>Sunil</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Information Technology, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Patil</surname>
            <given-names>M. B.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Pharmaceutics, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Krishna Institute of Pharmacy, Karad, Maharashtra, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sen</surname>
            <given-names>Praveen H.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Computer Science and Business Systems, St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Jain</surname>
            <given-names>Neha</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Engineering, Marathwada MitraMandal College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Khobragade</surname>
            <given-names>Prashant</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India</aff>
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      <volume>27</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>417</fpage>
      <lpage>428</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2024</year>
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        <p>Transparency, traceability, and security are three major challenges that blockchain technology has addressed in the pharmaceutical supply chain, making it a disruptive solution. The incorporation of blockchain technology to produce an immutable, decentralized ledger that documents the full path taken by pharmaceutical products from producer to end-user is examined in this abstract. The solution ensures tamper-resistant records by utilizing smart contracts and cryptography concepts, hence mitigating the risk of counterfeit medications. Transparency is improved via real-time supply chain visibility, which gives stakeholders the ability to monitor batch information and confirm product authenticity. Blockchain’s decentralized structure improves security by reducing the possibility of fraud and unauthorized access. By means of blockchain implementation, the pharmaceutical business may create a strong, dependable, and effective supply chain ecosystem, thereby promoting safer and more dependable medicine access for patients across the globe. </p>
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        <kwd>Blockchain</kwd>
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        <kwd>Pharmaceutical drug prediction</kwd>
        <kwd>Machine learning</kwd>
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