Blockchain for Pharmaceutical Industry: Present, Past and Future

To better understand the characteristics and evolution of research in Blockchain Technologies for pharma sector, this work reports results from the survey study targeting the Blockchain technologies for pharma industry (BTPI). Despite the existing survey studies on BTPI, our contribution in this work is to provide information to researchers and practitioners willing to enter the Blockchain field, being a source of information to strengthen the research field, guide new studies, and motivate new collaboration among research groups. A survey of Blockchain technologies for pharma industry is conducted with five research questions in which study of high-quality papers published in various journals in the last 5 years from 2018 to 2023 were evaluated.  Results shows the increasing interests in this research area. Detailed research result and analysis is done.