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Drug counterfeit has become a global issue. The counterfeit problem has become so huge that it has drawn a significant attention among researchers and policy makers. The fake drug industry is worth of 10 billion dollar per year as estimated by `ASSOCHAM' in 2017. Also estimated by WHO about a million die per year due to fake drugs. The dispensation of fake drugs is the pivotal concern, specially in developing countries like India. One of main reason in drug counterfeiting is imperfect supply chain. There are many loop holes in our current policy of drug supply chain management system. In the present scenario of supply chain, either the information is not shared between the parties during the hand off process at all or a little or irrelevant information is shared. Once a party transfer the drug to another party, the first party doesn't know what happens to the drugs there after. The counterfeit drug not only affect the …