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The use of electronic technologies to authenticate prescription drugs should focus initially on the dispensing sites of medicines, according to a new PhRMA proposal to secure the supply chain.
Implementing or upgrading an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a solid investment for companies that have been running older systems, according to an industry consultant.
Pharmaceutical companies planning to submit electronic common technical documents (eCTDs) to the FDA will likely have to upgrade their systems, despite claims from the agency that system enhancements won’t be needed, according to an industry consultant.
A new transceiver chip designed by Zarlink Semiconductor enables medical devices and base stations to communicate with each other over a wireless connection, providing physicians with the ability to remotely monitor patients, the company said last week.
In a move that could yield a national standard for electronic drug pedigrees, two technology firms, with the help of Purdue Pharma, have launched a pilot project to track the movements of pain drug OxyContin.
Medical devicemaker Guidant has acknowledged it neglected to tell patients or physicians about a defibrillator flaw that has caused a small number of the company’s units to malfunction.