Up-scaling the global univocal identification of medicines

The cross-border mobility of European patients and the univocal identification of medicinal projects are directly related. Currently, 22 Member States are part of the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure and are expected to exchange e-prescriptions and patient summaries by the end of 2021. However, this requires EU-wide adoption of the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) suite of standards. The EU-funded UNICOM project will focus on the conversion of key regulatory and clinical processes to use IDMP. By bringing together all relevant actors, the project will help to address all the associated challenges. Work will centre on the implementation of EU and national SPOR (substances, products, organisations, referentials) databases, including establishing an EU Substance Reference System (EU-SRS).