{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4400944340","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","title":"Blockchain technology in pharmaceutical industry: A review of recent research articles on PubMed","display_name":"Blockchain technology in pharmaceutical industry: A review of recent research articles on PubMed","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4400944340","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210188821","display_name":"Scripta Medica","issn_l":"0350-8218","issn":["0350-8218","2303-7954","2490-3329"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Scripta Medica","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023964893","display_name":"Varun Pareek","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5517-1411","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5517-1411"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802772831","display_name":"Rajasthan University of Health Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/04f5g2442","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Varun Pareek","raw_affiliation_strings":[". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5517-1411","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085096474","display_name":"Divya Saran","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5506-2856","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5506-2856"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Divya Saran","raw_affiliation_strings":[". Department of Pharmacology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5506-2856","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":". Department of Pharmacology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102712545","display_name":"Lokendra Kumar Sharma","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-9079","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-9079"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802772831","display_name":"Rajasthan University of Health Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/04f5g2442","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lokendra Sharma","raw_affiliation_strings":[". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-9079","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068878629","display_name":"Punam Jakhar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-8473","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-8473"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802772831","display_name":"Rajasthan University of Health Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/04f5g2442","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Punam Jakhar","raw_affiliation_strings":[". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-8473","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012927557","display_name":"Susheel Kumar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-718X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-718X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802772831","display_name":"Rajasthan University of Health Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/04f5g2442","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Susheel Kumar","raw_affiliation_strings":[". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-718X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":". Department of Pharmacology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5012927557"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802772831"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.3476,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":13,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9231487,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"55","issue":"3","first_page":"357","last_page":"369"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13913","display_name":"Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning","score":0.00019999999494757503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12486","display_name":"Food Supply Chain Traceability","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1106","display_name":"Food Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/blockchain","display_name":"blockchain","score":0.8610000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pharmaceutical-industry","display_name":"pharmaceutical industry","score":0.9729999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/smart-contracts","display_name":"smart contracts","score":0.9929999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decentralized-applications","display_name":"decentralized applications","score":0.6959999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drug-counterfeiting","display_name":"drug counterfeiting","score":0.7070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pharmaceutical-supply-chain","display_name":"pharmaceutical supply chain","score":0.7120000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drug-traceability","display_name":"drug traceability","score":0.8949999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supply-chain-security","display_name":"supply chain security","score":0.6309999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regulatory-approval","display_name":"regulatory approval","score":0.6549999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/disintermediation","display_name":"disintermediation","score":0.9399999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hyperledger-fabric","display_name":"Hyperledger Fabric","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chaincode","display_name":"chaincode","score":0.6869999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transparency","display_name":"transparency","score":0.6539999842643738}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779687700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20514253","display_name":"Blockchain","level":2,"score":0.9053894281387329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780233690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535347","display_name":"Transparency (behavior)","level":2,"score":0.7493556141853333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125706105","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1137418","display_name":"Disintermediation","level":2,"score":0.6495067477226257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779652045","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507443","display_name":"Pharmaceutical industry","level":2,"score":0.557089626789093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108713360","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1824206","display_name":"Supply chain","level":2,"score":0.5536165237426758},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.532006561756134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779356469","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502918","display_name":"Counterfeit","level":2,"score":0.5038005709648132},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180706569","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13479982","display_name":"Cryptocurrency","level":2,"score":0.4771551489830017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139569457","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1666223","display_name":"Intermediary","level":2,"score":0.4641515016555786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2909665878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3140895","display_name":"Counterfeit Drugs","level":3,"score":0.4321518540382385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.3914079964160919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3273511528968811},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.32035788893699646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.15868017077445984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.12563520669937134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.11358332633972168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98274493","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128406","display_name":"Pharmacology","level":1,"score":0.10652554035186768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210188821","display_name":"Scripta Medica","issn_l":"0350-8218","issn":["0350-8218","2303-7954","2490-3329"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Scripta Medica","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:25cd260844954097b5340e960ac6f577","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/25cd260844954097b5340e960ac6f577","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Scripta Medica, Vol 55, Iss 3, Pp 357-369 (2024)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed55-47100","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210188821","display_name":"Scripta Medica","issn_l":"0350-8218","issn":["0350-8218","2303-7954","2490-3329"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Scripta Medica","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.6773999929428101,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":0.46810001134872437,"display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":22,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2751179194","https://openalex.org/W2803762988","https://openalex.org/W2903296623","https://openalex.org/W2913239330","https://openalex.org/W2914850628","https://openalex.org/W2936874037","https://openalex.org/W2949373596","https://openalex.org/W2974697702","https://openalex.org/W2993222528","https://openalex.org/W2994608255","https://openalex.org/W3006820236","https://openalex.org/W3033004835","https://openalex.org/W3087882030","https://openalex.org/W3108365334","https://openalex.org/W3126435510","https://openalex.org/W3153707075","https://openalex.org/W3206173000","https://openalex.org/W4211093622","https://openalex.org/W4281746309","https://openalex.org/W4283706393","https://openalex.org/W4286470730","https://openalex.org/W4313502408"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7140033900","https://openalex.org/W6949724040","https://openalex.org/W4407698608","https://openalex.org/W4407699992","https://openalex.org/W4407698576","https://openalex.org/W7213461279","https://openalex.org/W4404184408","https://openalex.org/W4402134763","https://openalex.org/W4391656196","https://openalex.org/W4403125299"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Blockchain":[0],"technology":[1,132],"has":[2,81],"emerged":[3],"as":[4,25,57],"a":[5,117,140,175,178],"formidable":[6],"force":[7],"ready":[8],"to":[9,32,51,78,84,107,187],"transform":[10],"the":[11,17,43,64,75,82,93,99,103,128,157],"pharmaceutical":[12,38,158],"business.":[13],"This":[14,151],"study":[15,61],"investigated":[16],"integration":[18],"of":[19,95,105,130,142],"smart":[20],"contracts":[21],"and":[22,36,55,72,111,120,146,164,169,191],"decentralised":[23],"apps":[24],"potential":[26,186],"future":[27,141],"possibilities,":[28],"emphasising":[29],"their":[30],"ability":[31,83,104],"automate":[33],"crucial":[34],"operations":[35],"strengthen":[37],"product":[39],"integrity,":[40],"based":[41],"on":[42],"recently":[44],"published":[45],"articles":[46],"in":[47,74,116,133,156],"PubMed":[48],"between":[49],"2015":[50],"2023":[52],"with":[53,160],"\"pharmacology\"":[54],"\"blockchain\"":[56],"search":[58],"keywords.":[59],"Recent":[60],"backed":[62],"up":[63,86],"idea":[65],"that":[66],"blockchain":[67,106,138,154],"can":[68],"improve":[69],"openness,":[70],"security":[71,190],"efficiency":[73,192],"industry.":[76,122],"According":[77],"research,":[79],"it":[80],"speed":[85],"regulatory":[87],"approvals":[88],"while":[89],"also":[90],"considerably":[91],"reducing":[92],"risk":[94],"counterfeit":[96],"medications":[97],"penetrating":[98],"supply":[100,170],"chain.":[101],"Furthermore,":[102],"disrupt":[108],"existing":[109],"intermediaries":[110],"enable":[112],"disintermediation":[113],"may":[114],"result":[115],"more":[118],"streamlined":[119],"efficient":[121],"While":[123],"there":[124],"are":[125,135],"implementation":[126],"obstacles,":[127],"benefits":[129],"this":[131],"medicines":[134],"significant.":[136],"Embracing":[137],"promises":[139],"increased":[143],"security,":[144],"transparency":[145],"patient-centric-ity,":[147],"ultimately":[148],"changing":[149],"healthcare.":[150],"article":[152],"explored":[153],"application":[155],"sector":[159],"innovations":[161],"like":[162],"Medledger":[163],"chaincodes,":[165],"addressing":[166],"drug":[167],"tracing":[168],"chain":[171],"security.":[172],"It":[173],"presents":[174],"structure":[176],"for":[177],"private":[179],"network":[180],"using":[181],"Hyperledger":[182],"Fabric,":[183],"showcasing":[184],"blockchain's":[185],"enhance":[188],"transparency,":[189],"beyond":[193],"traditional":[194],"areas.":[195]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2024-07-25T00:00:00"}