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Lowering the time and cost of computer system validation while ensuring FDA compliance -

Benefits from the Webinar:

• Discover how web-based applications reduce the burden of validation
• Understand how to significantly reduce costs while gaining and maintaining strict compliance with regulations: FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GCP, GMP and Sarbanes-Oxley
• Answer key questions on how the differences between thin and thick client based software can affect your business when designing, producing and managing compliant labels

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7th October 2009 – is the anniversary of the first patent on the bar code. Inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver filed the patent on October 1949, and it was granted #2,612,994 on October 7, 1952. The original patent was for a system that would encode data in circles (a bulls eye pattern), so that it could be scanned in any direction and was first created for use on train carriages.

In celebration, Google has replaced its homepage logo with a bar code. It is Code 128 encoded, which is a standard way of encoding ASCII character strings (i.e. A-Z, a-z, 0-9, etc.) into a barcode.

A traditional barcode is made up of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser. This optical reader converts the information into a digital format which is then processed by a computer.

However, the Uniform Product code we use today to keep track of billions of items around the world, was invented by IBM engineer George Laurer in 1973.

The following post is a transcript of the Q&A session held recently at the labeling seminar we hosted in Philidelphia on 20th February 2009. It’s a frank discussion between representatives from leading pharmaceutical companies and myself, Product Manager for PRISYM ID.

The topics covered include the following and focus around our web-based labeling product Prisym MedicaWeb:

• Thick and thin clients for labeling solutions
• How a web-based solution can augment an existing package
• Client and server based printing
• Software version control
• Capturing customer label approvals through web-based software

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Join myself and Martyn Kerluk on 20th February 2009 at 8.30am EST for a webinar on web-based labeling and surrounding FDA compliance issues. Experience the benefits of web-based labeling through a demo of Prisym Medica Web.

On the back of Pharma Packaging and Labeling 2009 we will be hosting a free seminar in Philadelphia and due to popular demand we’ll now be broadcasting this as a webinar too.

Click the link for the full event programme and to register:

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