Systech is a member and strong supporter of GS1 Healthcare, the global group that promotes standardization in healthcare product and entity identification. On October 17, 2017 in Chicago, GS1 Healthcare held their fall Global Healthcare Conference.
Pharmaceutical serialization has been around since 2005, with Systech being the first vendor to deliver a solution. The market has grown, and international standards are still varied and complex. Implementations and data constructs vary from vendor to vendor. These factors provide several challenges to businesses' supply chains.
Efforts are underway to help standardize.
On April 13, 2017, Automation World Senior Editor, Stephanie Neil wrote an article “Strengthening Supply Chain.” This...
Drug manufacturers who market drugs in Europe will need to begin applying unique identifiers and an anti-tampering device to their packaging by February 9, 2019. Most companies are already aware of these well-publicized requirements of the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and the E.U. Delegated Regulation (EUDR). Systech offers packaging line management and serialization solutions that will allow you to easily meet these requirements. But you might not be aware of the other big requirement...