Country | Supply chain actor support | Awareness, knowledge, and skill |
Turkey | Stakeholders were sceptical at first but convinced along the way.9 | The problem of SFMP was widely recognised.9 |
Denmark | The complexity of legislation made compliance highly demanding and set the bar too high for stakeholders.29 | |
Germany | Stakeholders were aware of upcoming requirements, but personal concerns were the main drivers for adoption.30 | |
Hong Kong | Fear of change was one of the critical barriers to implementation…31 | … but could be overcome with decent training.45 |
India | There was no united effort from supply chain actors.32 | |
Iran | Supply chain actors did not know about PTTS or the skills required. They were not even interested in using these technologies.33 | |
Poland | Supply chain actors did not support the proposed changes.34 | There was little awareness nor consensus about the prevalence of SFMP and the upcoming European requirements.34 |
USA | Supply chain actors wanted to implement PTTS as they were concerned about the consequences for their reputation and finances when they would become involved in an SFMP crisis.37 | There was widespread consensus about the benefits of PTTS implementations41 and SFMP as a severe and growing problem.42 |
PTTS, pharmaceutical track-and-trace system; SFMP, substandard and falsified medical product.