Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance is launching its latest pilot in Africa to field test how the Pulse by NABP™ platform can bring visibility to Africa’s drug supply chains, creating a more transparent, efficient, and safe commercial market for medications.
Prosper Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), IBM Consulting, and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) are collaborating to launch Pulse in South Africa. Pulse will connect US and global pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Roche with African distributors and pharmacies in this emerging market, enabling better communication between trading partners and adding security to this evolving supply chain by enhancing the ability to identify and trace medications.
“As an organization whose mission is the protection of public health, we are excited to partner with Prosper Africa and IBM to provide tools that provide greater visibility into African pharmaceutical supply chains and support a more transparent, efficient, and accessible market for medications,“ said Lemrey “Al” Carter, PharmD, MS, RPh, executive director of NABP. “We look forward to leveraging Pulse as a pathway for future development of a successful, sustainable, and scalable platform that in the future could provide patients with confidence in the safety and quality of the drugs they buy.”