Earlier this month Informatica and HighPoint Solutions co-sponsored the Marcus Evans 3rd Edition IDMP Compliance Challenge: Hit the phased approach deadlines conference in Frankfurt. The conference agenda was packed with IDMP compliance experts willing to share experiences, challenges and concerns going forward. Whilst listening to the industry representatives, I noted common themes occurring in their... more
I was interviewed by Marcus Evans ahead of their 3rd Edition IDMP Compliance Challenge: Hit the phased approach deadlines conference held in Frankfurt last week. Below is the transcript that was originally published on the conference website. What are the key challenges companies are facing today in meeting the compliance requirements? I think one challenge I... more
Welcome to Part 2 of my ‘IDMP Technology Approaches’ blog. The story so far is that I have seen four major technology approaches to achieving IDMP compliance: Manual, Data Warehousing, MDM (my favourite) and RIMS. In Part 1 of this blog I covered off the Manual and Data Warehousing approaches. From my viewpoint what these... more
Those people who have been reading my blog over the year must be aware that I believe a Master Data Management (MDM) based approach is the best fit for most IDMP efforts. The core features of a MDM system are an excellent match for the basic requirements of consolidating the broad scope of data required... more
Regulatory Affairs departments in Europe may be feeling more relaxed about the implementation of IDMP now than a few months ago. Not only because of holiday season, but buoyed by the intent to delay the official IDMP compliance deadline of July 1st 2016. Although the EU Commission has not formally accepted a delay, there are... more
With the European Medicines Agency (EMA) date for compliance to IDMP (Identification of Medicinal Products) looming, Q1 2015 has seen a significant increase in IDMP activity. Both Informatica & HighPoint Solution’s IDMP Round Table in January, and a February Marcus Evans conference in Berlin provided excellent forums for sharing progress, thoughts and strategies. Additional confidential... more
It is not quite a year since I have been looking into the Idenfication of Medicinal Products (IDMP) ISO standard, and the challenging EMA IDMP implementation deadline of July 1st, 2016. Together with HighPoint Solutions, we have proposed that using a Master Data Management (MDM) system as a product data integration layer is the best... more