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ePedigree
Since 2000, FDA criminal investigations of drug counterfeiting have increased sixfold. With the U.S. pharmaceutical market reaching annual sales of $200 billion, drug counterfeiters have become highly sophisticated, infiltrating the drug supply with "knock-offs" that appear to be identical to legitimate drugs. To counter this growing epidemic, pharmaceutical companies and federal and state regulatory agencies are increasingly trending toward requirements for drug "ePedigrees."
An electronic pedigree (ePedigree) is an ever-growing chain of custody detailing a drug's path through the supply chain, in which each company involved in the manufacture or distribution of the drug adds to the pedigree. The seller identifies the drugs and the full chain of custody, then certifies the pedigrees and transmits them in advance to the trading partner receiving the drugs, who authenticates the pedigrees. When a drug shipment arrives, the pedigrees are matched to the products and signed, verifying their accuracy. ePedigree software maintains the product-to-pedigree match while the products are in inventory.
Because pharmaceutical companies must be able to provide the pedigree for any product they produce in the event that drug is "selected" by an inspector, the ePedigree solution performs the critical tasks of (1) managing the pedigree documents of record in a compliant repository and (2) enabling rapid retrieval of the corresponding pedigree. Electronic pedigree self-authenticate automatically, incorporating digital certificates and signatures, with workers immediately alerted to any discrepancies.
Partnered with SupplyScape, Ross Enterprise is a leader in the application of Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards to enable electronic pedigree for the pharmaceutical industry. For more information, we invite you to visit our Life Sciences Resource Library for complimentary document downloads on ePedigree and a range of topics in Life Sciences that may be valuable to you and your organization.
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