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GS1 and Google bring patient safety to smartphones

11 February 2026
By Reesh Lyon
Google has teamed up with barcode company GS1 to enable smartphone camera scanning of DataMatrix barcodes, in a move both companies say marks a “global breakthrough” for patient safety. The new capability would utilise Google Lens, the company’s visual search tool, to read GS1 DataMatrix barcodes – which are printed on millions of medicine packs […]

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