Axway to Co-Host Round-Table Discussion on the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Who: Axway and the Global Track & Trace (GTT) Consortium

When: November 5, 2009, 1:00 p.m. ET

Where: Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, PA

Why: As the global landscape for the pharmaceutical industry continues to change and regulatory demands increase, companies are faced with compliance issues and the need to build value through serialization. To deal with this challenge head-on, the GTT provides the most complete and proven end-to-end serialization solution in the industry based on actual deployments at multiple companies.

Along with other companies who offer expertise in serialization, and track and trace for the pharmaceutical industry, Axway helped create the GTT alliance to offer education and guidance to companies facing the ever-pressing issues and challenges in the pharmaceutical supply chain. It also shares information on industry standards, such as European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN) and GS1. In addition, the GTT provides a fully-functional solution center that maps out the different technologies and solutions such as electronic submissions to regulatory bodies, cold chain, diversion and anti-counterfeiting that match companies unique serializations needs.

This GTT event will be a round-table discussion, with industry experts and thought leaders who will discuss the latest trends and issues in the pharmaceutical supply chain. The focus of the discussion will be on the challenges of the pharmaceutical supply chain and the impact the regulations bring, as well as how organizations can effectively and securely manage the complex delivery of pharmaceuticals and products.

"Serialization is a pressing issue for the pharmaceutical supply chain industry and many organizations are grappling with how to tackle the challenge," said Sia Zadeh, director, business development, Axway. “This event provides a platform for us and our partners at the GTT consortium to engage in an open conversation about the evolution of the pharmaceutical industry and how companies can manage challenges like drug counterfeiting and diversion."

More information on the event can be found at: http://globaltrackandtrace.org/events/091105/register

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About Axway

Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company — the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.