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This chapter covers pharmaceutical supply chain and explains a better understanding of problems and challenges experienced in preventing product recalls in the pharmaceutical supply chain and how blockchain might alleviate recalls. More specifically, the envisaged outcomes of the chapter are; (i) A discussion highlighting the main stages and their reasons where specific product recalls related problems occur in the supply chain. (ii) The development of a product recall classification framework coupled with potential prevention strategies incorporating the deployment of emerging techniques and technologies such as blockchains. (iii) An overview of future product recall research challenges and directions for the supply chain research community.
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Subramanian, N., Chaudhuri, A., Kayikci, Y. (2020). Blockchain Applications in Health Care Supply Chain. In: Blockchain and Supply Chain Logistics. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47531-4_4
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