Global InformationMpedigree information
mPedigree refers both to a mobile telephony shortcode platform that interconnects GSM mobile networks in a number of African and Asian countries to a central registry wherein pedigree information of product brands belonging to participant manufacturers are stored, as well as the organisation that was founded in 2007 to manage and promote this registry to organisations and governments in Africa and other parts of the world.[1] The latter is named the mPedigree Network.[1][2][3][4] In December 2015, the mPedigree Network rebranded to 'mPedigree', and begun to trade under that name and a new logo, based on a knight-of-chess motif.[5][6]
In November 2008, the Nigerian National Agency for Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) reported to an industry publication that its Technical Committee was evaluating the security credentials of the mPedigree system for a possible roll-out in that country.[7] NAFDAC and the Nigerian pharmaceutical companies formed a consortium in June 2009 to roll the service out for all medicines in Nigeria. By 2014, NAFDAC had renamed this initiative as MAS (Mobile Authentication Service), involving multiple partners, including mPedigree.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
In 2011, the Kenyan drug safety regulator announced its support for the mobile telephony anti-counterfeiting system deployed in that country by mPedigree.[16]
In 2017, the Kenyan agricultural regulator, KEPHIS, announced a partnership with mPedigree to enable the verification of seed quality using mobile phone technologies.[17]
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- ^ "mPedigree and iWebGate winners at Fifth Annual Global Security Challenge Summit (Security Challenge)". Prosecurityzone.com. 12 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Showtime suggests better times ahead". Euroafrica-magazine.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Fighting Counterfeit Drugs With Mobile Technology". Fast Company. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "mPedigree Network now mPedigree". Citifmonline.com. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Our Brand - mPedigree". mPedigree.Net. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Authentication". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Balogun, Segun. "Pharmaceutical companies wary of drug agency's new tactics". 234next.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Africans text message to check if drugs are real". Physorg.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/mobile/business/5643.html. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)[dead link] - ^ in-PharmaTechnologist.com. "NAFDAC keen on new SMS anti-counterfeit results".
- ^ http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=162221. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)[dead link] - ^ "NAFDAC enforcement of Mobile Authentication Service(MAS)". Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Nigerian texters to take on the drug counterfeiters". BBC News. 11 January 2013.
- ^ "Bright Simons' mPedigree Network now mPedigree". 7 January 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Orange SMS may finally beat counterfeit drugs in Kenya". Star Kenya. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "Plant health agency ups fight against fake seeds". 26 December 2020.