A Hybrid Framework of Blockchain and IoT Technology in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Comprehensive Study

Table 4

Analysis of the state-of-the-art literature.

S/N	Author	Model	Company	Methodology	Proposed solution
1	Bharany et al. [56]	Yes	Pharmaceutical	Blockchain and IoT	Curb false medications
2	Jochumsen and Chaudhuri [57]	No	Pharmaceutical	IoT and blockchain	Tracking of drugs
3	Tehrani and Jin [55]	No	Pharmaceutical	IoT	Monitoring patient
4	Alagarsamy et al. [48]	No	Pharmaceutical	IoT	Drug discovery for clinical trials
5	Gao et al. [46]	No	Pharmaceutical	Blockchain	Analyzed the future of blockchain
6	Humayun et al. [45]	Yes	Pharmaceutical	Blockchain	Drug distribution
7	Jaisimha and Kumar [44]	Yes	Pharmaceutical	IoT and smart contract	Optimize pharma supply chain
8	Sharma and Sikka [53]	Yes	Pharmaceutical	Blockchain	Avoiding drug counterfeit
9	Fekih and Lahami, [59]	No	Medicine	Blockchain and IoT	General overview of the two technologies
10	Lingayat et al. [58]	Yes	Pharmaceutical	Blockchain	Security of drug distribution
11	Proposed work	Yes	Pharmaceutical	Hybrid blockchain/IoT	Provide feedback to the patient and enhance security in the drug distribution chain