Pharmaceutical tracking system

A computerized method of tracking and authenticating pharmaceutical products from an origin location to a destination site, comprising:

• correlating a unique authentication code with a pharmaceutical product package and additional product distribution information;
• storing said authentication code and additional product distribution information to a database;
• activating said unique authentication code to indicate that said pharmaceutical package is being sent to a destination site;
• reading the unique authentication code at said destination site;
• verifying the read authentication code and additional product distribution information with said database;
• notifying said system server whether said verification was successful;
• and
• expiring said activated authentication code in response to a successful verification of said authentication code.

A pharmaceutical product distribution system, comprising:

• a system server including a first authentication module;
• a first code reader configured to read authentication codes from product packaging;
• and
• an activation module configured to receive an authentication code read by said first code reader from product packaging prior to distribution, and to transmit an activation request to the system server, wherein said activation request comprises the authentication code read by said first code reader, and wherein the system server stores the authentication code as an active authentication code in response to the activation request.

A method of tracking and authenticating pharmaceutical products from an origin location to a final destination, comprising:

• applying an authentication code to product packaging;
• reading the authentication code from the product packaging at the origin location prior to distribution;
• sending an activation request to a system server, wherein said activation request includes the read authentication code;
• and
• activating the read authentication code in response to the activation request, comprising storing the read authentication code as an active authentication code at the system server.

A method of tracking and authenticating pharmaceutical products from an origin location to a final destination, comprising:

• reading an authentication code from a product packaging at said origin location prior to distribution;
• sending an activation request, said read authentication code, and product destination information to a system server;
• activating said read authentication code in response to said activation request, comprising storing said read authentication code as an active authentication code and said product destination information at said system server;
• reading an authentication code from product packaging received at a receiving location;
• sending a verification request and said authentication code read at said receiving location to said system server;
• verifying said authentication request, comprising comparing said authentication code read from product packaging at said receiving location to active authentication codes stored at the system server;
• notifying said receiving location whether said authentication request was verified, comprising indicating whether said authentication code read from product packaging at said receiving location corresponds to said active authentication code;
• and
• expiring said active authentication code by storing said active authentication code at said system server as an expired authentication code.