📢 Important Update: New National Guidelines for Product and Location Identifiers in Egypt
Egyptian Drug Authority #EDA established a unified "Single Source of Truth" through the National Central Registry, the authority ensures a level playing field for all market participants.
🌍 Global Alignment for Market Integrity
To ensure seamless integration with international supply chains and "Global Hubs," the EDA’s national identifiers refer directly to worldwide standards:
Location Identifier = which refer to GLN (Global Location Number) in another national hubs : A 13-digit permanent key used to uniquely identify legal entities and physical sites.
Product Identifier = which refer to GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) in another national hubs : A 14-digit identifier for every unique product and packaging level.
🔹 Why This Matters for the Market:
Unique and permanent location identification for all entities ensures full visibility into the supply chain, preventing unauthorized market control.
By adopting the trade item code standard, the EDA facilitates interoperability, allowing diverse solution providers and distributors to operate within a transparent, standardized ecosystem.
Trust & Governance: The EDA acts as the ultimate Trust Anchor, ensuring that issuance rights are granted only to authorized entities under strict supervision.
Data-Driven Compliance: Mandatory master data from legal status to pharmaceutical attributes ensures that market competition is based on validated and approved information.