{"id":"tp-2221","type":"article-newspaper","title":"U.S. FDA picks IBM, KPMG, Merck and Walmart to develop blockchain platform for prescription drugs","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2221","datePublished":"2019-06-14T07:20:58.000Z","dateModified":"2019-06-14T07:20:58.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has selected IBM, KPMG, Merck, and Walmart to develop a blockchain-based network that would allow real-time monitoring of products.","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"announced","url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/08/2019-01561/pilot-project-program-under-the-drug-supply-chain-security-act-program-announcement"},{"title":"official release","url":"https://newsroom.ibm.com/2019-06-13-IBM-KPMG-Merck-and-Walmart-to-collaborate-as-part-of-FDAs-program-to-evaluate-the-use-of-blockchain-to-protect-pharmaceutical-product-integrity"},{"title":"joined","url":"https://tokenpost.com/Walmart-joins-Pfizer-and-others-in-blockchain-based-pharmaceutical-network-MediLedger-2075"},{"title":"MediLedger","url":"https://www.mediledger.com/"},{"title":"launched a blockchain-based solution","url":"https://tokenpost.com/SAP-launches-blockchain-solution-to-track-pharmaceutical-drugs-1114"}]}