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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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As part of the ‘GS1 Standards for Healthcare Working Group’ we are encouraged to see so many of the top US healthcare providers supporting adoption dates for the GS1 standards and proactively endorsing the standards to their suppliers.

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The twelfth edition of the GS1 Healthcare newsletter has been released, with a special feature on the PrisymID Life Sciences blog! To access the GS1Healthcare newsletter click the GS1 Website link in our ‘Useful Links’ section to the right or click the hyperlink above.

News from around the world:

• Amerinet and Premier endorse GS1 Standards
• Implementation of California pedigree law delayed until Jan 2015
• Coding for Success in the UK
• Early lessons learned from BRIDGE Pharma Traceability Pilot
• GHX to become GDSN-certified data pool to accelerate use of GS1 Standards in Healthcare
• 20 years of bar coding experience at Smiths Medical
• Anti-Counterfeiting Strategy at Sanofi-Aventis

GS1 Healthcare Update:

• Advocating adoption of GS1 Standards in Healthcare in Maghreb countries
• GS1 Healthcare Spain and FENIN to collaborate on GS1 Standards implementation
• GS1 Healthcare US develops Healthcare provider tool kit
• Raising awareness in Malta
• GS1 in Healthcare on Dutch Television
• GS1 Healthcare and eHealth
• GS1 Healthcare and patient identification
• GS1 & Healthcare blogged

GS1 barcode standards have been implemented into our core software but until very recently none of our life sciences customers have asked us if our solutions are GS1 compliant.  I was wondering how important adopting the GS1 standards is to medical device and drug manufacturing companies.  Is this something any of you are looking at right now or have you already implemented GS1?

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