Ropack Pharma Solutions is set to launch an international serialization hub as a practical solution for pharmaceutical organizations and contract packaging partners that are not serialization-ready by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) mandated deadline.

Through the serialization hub, packaged pharmaceutical products are sent by an organization’s in-house packaging team or contract partners to Ropack’s Montreal facility. There the packaged products are serialized as required—to the product, the carton or the palette. The serialized product is then shipped, as directed, to a distribution network in the U.S. or Canada, a warehouse for aggregation with other orders or to international destinations, which have already adopted serialization.

“Our serialization hub is an efficient alternative,” said Paul Dupont, vice president, marketing and business development, Ropack. “Becoming serialization-ready is a complex, time-consuming and expensive undertaking which is not practical for every company.”

Ropack’s serialization hub is designed to reduce an organization’s capital expenditures, need for increased personnel and the multifaceted coordination serialization requires.

“A significant benefit is that pharma companies can continue to use their trusted contract packagers, or in-house team, then outsource the serialization component to Ropack,” said Mr. Dupont.