Secure to the Max

Quality comes first—and last

In addition to fulfilling FDA requirements, most pharmaceutical packagers operate according to the requirements of cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) and QSR (Quality System Requirements). Needless to say, the extra steps that must be taken in conforming to quality standards have the potential to quickly escalate the cost and extend the time it takes to ready a pharmaceutical package for market. This places an enormous burden on converters, whose charter is to scrub costs and labor from the process and deliver product on an accelerated schedule. As such, it also represents an acid test for workflow systems that must facilitate data entry, editability, access, and collaboration flawlessly without compromising the accuracy and security of the product. At NOSCO, says Fowler, an Artwork Systems workflow, Novell server, and strict internal SOPs ensure that sensitive information is tightly controlled in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.