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Pharmaceutical Content
Help reduce medication errors by providing the highest quality standardized pharmaceutical images and certified data.
High-resolution images of packaging levels and components, down to the unit-of-use level, support critical pharmacy business processes, including efficient identification of pharmaceutical products and packaging.
Pharmaceutical Product Categories
- Pills
- Injectables
- Powders
- Aerosols/Inhalers/Sprays
- Topicals
- Liquids
- Suppositories/Ovules/Enemas
Product Packing Levels
- Outer Packaging: The lowest trading packaging level of a product.
- Inner Packaging: A secondary packaging inside the outer packaging, if applicable. For example, a pill bottle inside an outer package, a wrap over an application unit, or a blister pack inside a box, etc.
- Peel-Back Information: Peel-back labels on any packaging level.
- Product: Packaging for the unit of use or the application unit. For example, pill, vial, amp, syringe, inhaler, IV bag, etc.
- Accessories: Any accessories included in the product package.
Sample Pharmaceutical Images
Outer Packaging
Product
Accessory
Content Capture
Starting in 2023, the Healthcare category can request pharmaceutical imaging through GS1 Canada’s Content Capture service. To get started, please log in to myGS1 and then click in the Request a Content Capture Service link on the left-hand toolbar.
Review these helpful video walkthroughs of the new process (login required). For further details, access the ECCnet Pharmaceutical Content Checklist.
At GS1 Canada, our team of professional photographers also works in close collaboration with McKesson Canada to capture critical pieces of pharmaceutical content on-site.
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