Offline coding and marking specialist Rotech has launched a new generation coding system for pharmaceutical manufacturers looking to ensure compliance with the FMD (Falsified Medicines Directive).
With the ability to generate, print and verify serialised 2D codes on cartons, the RF Compliance offers an instant, simple and reliable solution for pharmaceutical manufacturers who are wondering how to meet the 2019 FMD deadline.
The FMD, aimed at reducing the number of falsified medicines infiltrating the legal pharmaceutical supply chain within Europe, was transposed into UK law in 2013.
Once implemented in February 2019, the regulation will require the serialisation of individual pharmaceutical packs, via unique codes encrypted in machine readable 2D datamatrix codes. Manufacturers failing to comply with the directive will have to withdraw their products from the European market.
“Pharmaceutical manufacturers are all too aware of the need to comply with FMD; the challenge they face is how to comply. The complexity of some of the available online solutions is daunting not just from an integration and operational point of view, but also because of the cost involved. Our aim, in engineering this latest system, was to take the headache out of compliance. The RF Compliance is an easy-to-operate, stand-alone system that doesn’t interfere with production or compromise line efficiency,” says Richard Pether, Director at Rotech.
