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Workshop on the future of telematics in pharmaceuticals. Dr Hubertus Cranz Director-General Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP) 7 avenue de Tervuren B-1040 Brussels. Future of telematics. EC projects, EMEA projects, Member States’ projects:
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Workshop on the future of telematics in pharmaceuticals Dr Hubertus Cranz Director-General Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP) 7 avenue de Tervuren B-1040 Brussels
Future of telematics • EC projects, EMEA projects, Member States’ projects: • need for increased transparency • need for pooling of efforts and for access to information through a central address • Other projects such as the Common Technical Document to be taken into account
General considerations • Need to group the IT projects according to their type/content (not primarily source/origin of maintenance e.g. EC, EMEA etc.) • Need to clarify “galaxy” of all on-going/envisaged, permanent/temporary IT projects • The more sources the more difficult: identify, track, rank… the information • Excess of acronyms! “What is what for?” and “what is accessible to whom?”
Issues • Need to centralise/pool all different IT projects: • avoid redundancy of information • avoid multiplicity of sources • save time • improve tracing of the information etc. • Maintenance of information = priority (difficult, time/cost…)
A way forward • Access and availability of information (e.g. pharmacovigilance data for authorities and marketing authorisation holders) • Involvement of trade associations: • in building initiatives • in practical aspects • Industry wishes to invest resources and to contribute to the implementation of different IT strategies (benefit for all parties)