As the deadline for compliance with the EU FMD gets nearer, Manfred Voglmaier, VP DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) sales, TraceLink, looks at how master data management framework can help businesses meet the necessary requirements.
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The EU falsified medicines directive (FMD) is driving a fundamental shift in the way businesses throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain manage and communicate data. Implementing compliant serialisation strategies means extensive data management requirements that demand the generation and sharing of new types of data never previously managed by the industry.